Trusting Leviathan - Paperback

Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the "long" nineteenth century. In 1799, income tax stood at 20% of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, it was 10%. This equitable exercise in fiscal containment lent the government a high level of legitimacy, allowing it to fund war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining new research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this book examines the complex financial relationship between the State and its citizens.

• | Author: Martin Daunton
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2007
• | Number of Pages: 456 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521037484
• | ISBN-13: 9780521037488