The greatest nation of the earth : Republican economic policies during the Civil War /
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 "The Cares of Your Country Are a Paramount Duty": The Republicans in 1861
- 2 "Now Is the Time for Making Money, by Honest Contracts, Out of the Government": War Bo n d s
- 3 "A Centralization of Power, Such as Hamilton Might Have Eulogised as Magnificent": Monetary Legislation
- 4 "Directing the Legislation of the Country to the Improvement of the Country": Tariff and Ta x Le g i s l a t i o n
- 5 "A Large Crop Is More Than a Great Victory": Agricultural Legislation.
- 6 "It Was Statesmanship to Give Treeless Prairies Value": The Transcontinental Railroad
- 7 "See That All Their Blessings Are the Result of Their Own Labor": Republicans and Slavery
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.