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xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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New perspectives on Jacksonian history |
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New perspectives on Jacksonian history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"The new system which out Hamiltons Alexander Hamilton" -- "Whatever the people will, at any particular moment, must be done" -- "A step between the throne and the scaffold" -- Judicious and injudicious tariffs -- Scratching and itch -- The Harrisburg Convention -- Wolves in sheep's clothing -- "The people are greatly excited on the subject of the tariff" -- "Every American must give up a little for his country" -- "Repeal the tariff or repeal the union" -- "Our country is at an awful and momentous crisis" -- The winter of discontent -- "Democracy seeks the benefit of all at the expense of none" -- "Congress should be made to see and hear that the people are in earnest" -- "If you elect us boys, the tariff of 1842 is safe" -- "Mr. Polk's death warrant is sealed" -- "Even the tariff is not a question on which opposite political parties are united in taking opposite sides" -- "Free trade and slavery are twin measures." |
| Summary |
"This book analyzes the tariff debates in Congress during the Age of Jackson. Even though the tariff typically provided the federal government with ninety percent of its revenue, historians have neglected this issue. This first major work on the tariff in more than 100 years argues that the tariff helped to draw more Americans into the political process"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Before the Civil War, the American people did not have to worry about a federal tax collector coming to their door. The reason for this was the tariff, taxing foreign goods and imports on arrival in the United States. Yet debates in Congress over the tariff were acrimonious, with pitched arguments between politicians, interest groups, and newspapers, and led to more and more Americans becoming involved in the political process. Tariff Wars and the Politcs of Jacksonian America demonstrates that the tariff was an important part of the national narrative in the antebellum period. Growing engagement in the democratic process caused by the tariff resulted in bitter sectional controversy among Americans. Northerners claimed they needed a tariff to protect their industries and their wages. Southerners alleged the tariff forced them to buy goods at increased prices. Having lost the argument against the tariff on its merits, in the 1820s southerners began to argue the Constitution did not allow Congress to enact a protective tariff. This fight revealed increasing tensions between northerners and southerners in the decades before the Civil War began. As Tariff Wars reveals, this struggle spawned a controversy that placed the nation on a path that would lead to the early morning hours of Charleston Harbor in April of 1861. -- from back cover. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837.
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Tariff -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Commercial policy -- History -- 19th century.
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Commercial policy. (OCoLC)fst00869569
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Tariff. (OCoLC)fst01143154
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780826521361 (hardcover) |
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0826521363 (hardcover) |
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9780826521378 (paperback) |
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0826521371 (paperback) |
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9780826521385 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40027346513 |
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