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Ways and means : Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War

Title
Ways and means : Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War / Roger Lowenstein.
ISBN
9780735223554
0735223556
9780735223561
Publication
New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
xii, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Summary
"In Ways and Means, journalist Roger Lowenstein reveals the unlikely story of how Abraham Lincoln used the urgency of financing the Civil War to transform a union of states into one united nation. Through a financial lens, he explores how this second American revolution, led by Lincoln, his cabinet, and his congress, changed the direction of the country"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Lowenstein, Roger. Ways and means New York : Penguin Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Revolution completed
Two crises
Exigencies of war
Ways and means
The window shuts
Legal tender
Forgotten Congress
Proclamation
Chase's plan
Cotton for cash
Gettysburg summer
Chase for President
Roast mutton and partridge
Exit secretary
Staggering transformation
Epilogue.
Genre/Form
History.
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