MARTIN DAUNTON, FBA, is Fellow of Churchill College and Professor of Economic History in the University of Cambridge.
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Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The taxing state: an introduction
2. 'The limits of our taxable capacity': war finance, 1914-1918
3. 'This hideous war memorial': debt and taxation, 1918-1925
4. 'Adjusting the particular turns of the different screws': reforming the income tax, 1920-1929
5. 'The great conflict of modern politics': redistribution, depression and appeasement, 1929-1939
6. 'The exigency of war': taxation and the Second World War, 1939-1945
7. 'The mortal blows of taxation': Labour and reconstruction, 1945-1951
8. 'A most injurious disincentive in our economic system': Conservatives and taxation, 1951-1964
9. 'Modern and dynamic economic policy': Labour and taxation, 1951-1970
10. Rethinking taxation policy: from an opportunity state to an enterprise society, 1964-1979
11. 'Highly defensible ramparts': the politics of local taxation
12. Conclusion
Appendix: chancellors of the Exchequer and prime ministers, 1908-1983
Bibliography
Index.
