A Hercules in the cradle : war, money, and the American state, 1783-1867 / Max M. Edling.

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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

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'A Hercules in the Cradle' traces the evolution of United States central state capacity in the sphere of fiscal policy and public finance. It demonstrates how within merely a few years after independence, the United States acquired the capacity to raise revenue through taxation and government borrowing. The new nation used this capacity to finance wars and territorial expansion that made the United States the predominant power on the North American Continent.

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May 06, 2016

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