War, Revenue, and State Building Financing the Development of the American State |
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| Author:
| Pollack, Sheldon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-7586-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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Pollack shows how war, revenue, and institutional development are inextricably linked in the United States, delineating the mechanisms of political development and revealing the ways in which the United States, too, once was a "developing nation."
Pollack shows how war, revenue, and institutional development are inextricably linked in the United States, delineating the mechanisms of political development and revealing the ways in which the United States, too, once was a "developing nation."