R. Douglas

Taxation in Britain Since 1660

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The amount collected in taxation, the items which have been taxed, and the classes of people on whom the tax burden has fallen, have all changed greatly in the period from the Restoration to the present. This book considers how and why these changes took place, and some of the consequences which have flowed from them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-67364-5
• 1999
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780333673645
• ISBN-10: 0333673646
• Artikelnr.: 44374309

Autorenporträt

ROY DOUGLAS is Emeritus Reader at the University of Surrey. He is author of a number of historical books, including The History of the Liberal Party, 1895-1970 and Land, People and Politics: A History of the Land Question in the United Kingdom, 1878-1952; several books on 20th century diplomatic history, and on international history studied through the medium of cartoons.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Chronology Introduction Restoration Revolution 18th Century Taxation The French Wars Mid-Century Tithes and Local Taxation Constructive Taxation Turn of the Century Radicalism War and After Between the Wars The Second World War Post-war Taxation The Age of Confrontation Overview Bibliography References Index