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  • History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790

    by Henry B. Gardner ...
    "History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the Year 1790" by Henry B. Gardner provides a comprehensive examination of the development of tax policies in Rhode Island from its early colonial days through the late 18th century. Gardner meticulously details the various forms of taxation that were implemented, including property taxes, excise taxes, and poll taxes, highlighting how these measures ... Read more

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  • History of Taxation in Rhode Island to the year 1790

    by Henry B. Gardner ...
    That method of raising revenue for the support of government which we understand by taxation marks a well advanced stage of economic life and is of comparatively recent origin among Germanic peoples. It was unknown while our English ancestors lived upon the continent of Europe and for many centuries after they had settled in their new home Society, and, as a consequence, government had not as yet ... Read more

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  • Alexander Hamilton on Finance, Credit, and Debt

    by Richard Sylla, David J. Cowen ...
    "A treasure trove for financial and public policy geeks . . . will also help lay readers go beyond the hit musical in understanding Hamilton's lasting significance." — Publishers WeeklyWhile serving as the first treasury secretary from 1789 to 1795, Alexander Hamilton engineered a financial revolution. He established the treasury debt market, the dollar, and a central bank, while strategically ... Read more

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  • America's First Great Depression

    Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837

    by Alasdair Roberts ...
    For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts ... Read more

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  • History of the Great American Fortunes

    by Gustavus Myers ...
    The noted private fortunes of settlement and colonial times were derived from the ownership of land and the gains of trading. Usually both had a combined influence and were frequently attended by agriculture. Throughout the colonies were scattered lords of the soil who held vast territorial domains over which they exercised an arbitrary and, in some portions of the colonies, a feudal sway.Nearly ... Read more

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  • State of the Union Addresses of Thomas Jefferson

    1801-1808

    by Thomas Jefferson ...
    Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just ... Read more

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  • Principles of Political Economy

    Enriched edition. Exploring Economic Principles: A Comprehensive Analysis of Classical Economics and Government Regulation

    by Arthur Latham Perry, Quentin Walton ...
    In "Principles of Political Economy," Arthur Latham Perry offers a comprehensive exploration of economic theory during a transformative period in the 19th century. Perry's work analytically dissects the principles of supply and demand, capital accumulation, labor, and wealth distribution, framing these concepts within the broader context of societal development. Employing a didactic yet engaging ... Read more

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  • Robinson Crusoe's Money

    Or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community

    by Wells ...
    Robinson Crusoe's Money; Or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community is a fascinating and insightful work by David A. Wells, first published in 1876. Blending economic theory with engaging narrative, the book uses the familiar setting of Robinson Crusoe’s island to explore the principles of money, value, and exchange. Through the adventures and misadventures ... Read more

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  • The Panic of 1819

    Reactions and Policies

    by Murray N. Rothbard ...
    The Panic of 1819 was America's first great economic crisis. And this is Rothbard's masterful account, the first full scholarly book on the topic and still the most definitive. Rothbard tells the story about a disaster that could not be attributed to some specific government blunder or disaster. It seemed to originate from within the economic system itself. Its cause was not obvious to observers ... Read more

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  • Underwriters of the United States

    How Insurance Shaped the American Founding

    by Hannah Farber ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. During the Revolution, they helped the U.S. negotiate foreign loans, sell state debts, and establish a single ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

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  • History of Banking in the United States

    Beginning and Development (Vol.1)

    by Graham W. Sumner ...
    This book presents the beginning and development of Banks in the United States.“The term "bank" was used in the American colonies from the very beginning of the settlement, in the sense of a pile or heap. The first bills of credit, as they were called by a seventeenth century expression, which is said to have been applied to the goldsmiths' notes in London, were issued in 1690 by the government of ... Read more

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  • History of Banking in the United States (Vol.2): The Bank War

    by Graham W. Sumner ...
    This book deals with the US history of banking in the 19th century. This volume is the continuation of the "History of banking in America - Vol.1", which dealt with the Beginning and Development of bank system in America (from 1630 to 1832). "If Jackson intended to open a war on the Bank, it is strange that he should have chosen a Pennsylvanian, Samuel Ingham, as Secretary of the Treasury. It fell ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD