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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo.
- Title
- Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo.
- Author
- Parrillo, Nicholas R.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | JK776 .P37 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 568 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
- Uniform Title
- Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.
- ISBN
- 9780300176582 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0300176589 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780300194753 (paperback: alk. paper)
- 0300194757 (paperback: alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2012051295
- OCLC
- 828332594
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library