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Author Rabushka, Alvin.

Title Taxation in colonial America / Alvin Rabushka
Published Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 946 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Founding the American colonies -- Turmoil in England : growth in the colonies, 1607-1688 -- War in Europe : opportunity in the colonies, 1688-1714 -- Salutary neglect in the colonies, 1714-1739 -- War, debt, money, and taxes : prelude to imperial intervention, 1739-1763 -- An American tax, 1763-1775
Summary This study describes, analyses and quantifies taxation in the 13 original American colonies, comparing tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Great Britain. It shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid and evade taxation, and used tax incentives to foster settlement
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 891-914) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Taxation -- United States -- History -- 17th century
Taxation -- United States -- History -- 18th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Taxation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Taxation -- General.
Taxation
Steuer
Belastingheffing.
Koloniale periode.
Skatter -- Förenta staterna -- historia -- 1600-talet.
Skatter -- Förenta staterna -- historia -- 1700-talet.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131
Subject United States
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Taxation -- History.
USA
Verenigde Staten.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007026175
ISBN 9781400828708
1400828708
1282964348
9781282964341
9786612964343
6612964340
069113345X
9780691133454