American Taxation, American Slavery - Einhorn, Robin L.

Clean, tight, unmarked; previous owner's stamp on half-title page; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; In this book, Einhorn shows the deep, broad, and continuous influence of slavery on America's fear and loathing of taxes. From  the earliest colonial times right up to the Civil War, slaveholding elites feared strong and democratic government as a threat to the institution of slavery. Einhorn reveals how the heated battles over taxation, the power to tax, and the distribution of tax burdens were rooted not in debates over personal liberty but rather in the rights of slaveowners to hold human beings as property. Along the way, she exposes the antidemocratic origins of the enduringly popular Jeffersonian rhetoric about weak government, showing that state governments were actually more democratic - and stronger - where most people were free.        
Near Fine        
Soft cover    
University of Chicago Press    
2008    
Chicago, IL