Overview
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: Dec 17, 2001
- | Number of Pages: 454 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521803721
- | ISBN-13: 9780521803724
