{"product_id":"give-and-take-the-citizen-taxpayer-and-the-rise-of-canadian-democracy-paperback-softback-9780774836739","title":"Give and Take; The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774836739","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShirley Tillotson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774836739\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages, 13 photos, 8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e is amazingly well researched[...] - Patricia E. Roy (Canadian Historical Review) [Tillotson] writes in a light, accessible manner … [she] is skilful in using historical analysis to explain the past through a modern lens. - Victor Rabinovitch, distinguished fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University (Canada's History) \u003cp\u003e…this is a path-breaking work that hopefully will lead to other investigations of Canadians' love\/hate relationship with the state, a relationship where taxes generally land in the hate department.\u003c\/p\u003e - Alvin Finkel (Alberta Views)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan a book about tax history be a page-turner? You wouldn't think so. But \u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e is full of surprises. A Canadian millionaire who embraced the new federal income tax in 1917. A socialist hero, J.S. Woodsworth, who deplored the burden of big government. Most surprising of all, \u003cem\u003eGive and Take \u003c\/em\u003ereveals that taxes deliver something more than armies and schools. They build democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTillotson launches her story with the 1917 war income tax, takes us through the tumultuous tax fights of the interwar years, proceeds to the remaking of income taxation in the 1940s and onwards, and finishes by offering a fresh angle on the fierce conflicts surrounding tax reform in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaxes show us the power of the state, and Canadians often resisted that power, disproving the myth that we have always been good loyalists. But \u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e is neither a simple tale of tax rebels nor a tirade against the taxman. Tillotson argues that Canadians also made real contributions to democracy when they taxed wisely and paid willingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Talking Tax\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 We, the Taxpayers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Our Conservative Tax Structure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Resistance in the Interwar Years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Taxation at the Edges of Citizenship\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Honour, Confidence, and Federalism during the Depression\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Warfare, Welfare, and the Mass Income Tax Payer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 New Publics and the Tax Man in the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Poverty, Bureaucracy, and Taxes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Reform, Populism, and the Presence of the Past in the 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Self-Interest, Community, and the Evolution of the Citizen-Taxpayer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531070828824,"sku":"9780774836739","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/give-and-take-the-citizen-taxpayer-and-the-rise-of-canadian-democracy-paperback-softback-9780774836739","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}