Civil War Taxes : A Documentary History, 1861-1900

Davis, John Martin

McFarland & Co Inc（2019/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 173 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476677941
• DDC分類 973.71

Full Description

 During the Civil War, both the North and South were challenged by fiscal and monetary needs, but physical differences such as gold reserves, industrialization and the blockade largely predicted the war's outcome from the onset. To raise revenue for the war effort, every possible person, business, activity and property was assessed, but projections and collections were seldom up to expectations, and waste, fraud and ineffectiveness in the administration of the tax systems plagued both sides. This economic history uses forensic examination of actual documents to discover the various taxes that developed from the Civil War, including the direct and poll taxes, which were dropped; the income tax, which stands today; and the war tax, which was effective for only a short time.

Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mary Volcansek

Preface

I—Antebellum United States Taxes, 1789-1860

II—United States Taxes, 1861

III—Confederate States Taxes, 1861

IV—United States Taxes, 1862

V—Confederate States Taxes, 1862

VI—United States Taxes, 1863

VII—Confederate States Taxes, 1863

VIII—United States Taxes, 1864

IX—Confederate States Taxes, 1864-1865

X—United States Taxes, 1865

XI—­Post-War United States Taxes, 1866-1900

Conclusion

Illustrations

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index