{"product_id":"trusting-leviathan-the-politics-of-taxation-in-britain-1799-1914-hardback-9780521803724","title":"Trusting Leviathan; The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799–1914 (Hardback) 9780521803724","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrusting Leviathan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis major work of explores the politics of taxation in the 'long' nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Daunton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521803724, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e454 pages, 12 b\/w illus.  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.77 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'… thoroughly researched and cogently argued book …' History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Martin Daunton's major study of the politics of taxation in the 'long' nineteenth century examines the complex financial relationship between the state and its citizens. In 1799, taxes stood at 20 per cent of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, they had fallen to less than half of their previous level. The process of fiscal containment resulted in a high level of trust in the financial rectitude of the government and in the equity of the tax system, contributing to the political legitimacy of the British state in the second half of the nineteenth century. As a result, the state was able to fund the massive enterprises of war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this lucid and wide-ranging book represents a major contribution to our understanding of Victorian and Edwardian Britain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Trust, collective action and the state\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The great tax eater': the limits of the fiscal-military state, 1793–1842\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Philosophical administration and constitutional control': the emergence of the Gladstonian fiscal constitution\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'A cheap purchase of future security': establishing the income tax, 1842–60\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Our real war chest': the national debt, war and empire\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'The sublime rule of proportion': ability to pay and the social structure, 1842–1906\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'The minimum of irritation': fiscal administration and civil society, 1842–1914\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'The right of a dead hand': death and taxation\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Athenian democracy': the fiscal system and the local state, 1835–1914\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'The end of our taxation tether': the limits of the Gladstonian fiscal constitution, 1894–1906\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'The modern income tax': remaking the fiscal constitution, 1906–14\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: chancellors of the Exchequer, 1841–1914\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912971936024,"sku":"9780521803724","price":110.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521803724i_ddc03072-c119-494e-b902-15efb00dc03f.jpg?v=1691368211","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trusting-leviathan-the-politics-of-taxation-in-britain-1799-1914-hardback-9780521803724","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}