Author:
Edling, Max M. author.
ImprintChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction: war, money, and American history -- A more effectual mode of administration: the constitution and the origins of American public finance -- The soul of government: creating an American fiscal regime -- So immense a power in the affairs of war: the restoration of public credit -- Equal to the severest trials: Mr. Madison's war -- The two most powerful republics in the world: Mr. Polk's war -- A rank among the very first of military powers: Mr. Lincoln's war -- Conclusion: the ideology, structure, and significance of the first American fiscal regime.
