Ways and means : Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War / Roger Lowenstein.

Author: Lowenstein, Roger, author.

ImprintNew York : Penguin Press, 2022.

Descriptionxii, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrastions ; 25 cm

Note:Introduction: Revolution Completed -- Two Crises -- Exigencies of War -- Ways and Means -- The Window Shuts -- Legal Tender -- Forgotten Congress -- Proclamation -- Chase's Plan -- Cotton for Cash -- Gettysburg Summer -- Chase for President -- Roast Mutton & Partridge -- EXIT SECRETARY -- Staggering Transformation -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"In Ways and Means, journalist Roger Lowenstein reveals the unlikely story of how Abraham Lincoln used the urgency of financing the Civil War to transform a union of states into one united nation. Through a financial lens, he explores how this second American revolution, led by Lincoln, his cabinet, and his congress, changed the direction of the country"-- Provided by publisher.

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