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National duties : custom houses and the making of the American state
- Title
- National duties : custom houses and the making of the American state / Gautham Rao.
- Author
- Rao, Gautham
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- American beginnings, 1500-1900
- Uniform Title
- American beginnings, 1500-1900.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-260) and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Revolution: Philadelphia, 1769: 1. Custom houses, negotiated authority, and the bonds of empire, 1714-1776 -- Part II. Revenue and Empire: Bermuda Hundred, 1795: 2. Political economy and the making of the customs system; 3. Negotiating authority in federalist America, 1789-1800 -- Part III. Revenue and Crisis: Baltimore, 1808: 4. Commerce or war?; 5. Jefferson's embargo and the era of commercial restrictions, 1807-1815 -- Part IV. Reform: Boston, 1817: 6. Dismantling discretion, 1816-1828 -- Epilogue: Charleston, 1832.
- Call Number
- JBE 16-231
- ISBN
- 9780226367071 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 022636707X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226367101 (e-book)
- 022636710X (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2015037498
- OCLC
- 920017593
- Author
- Rao, Gautham, author.
- Title
- National duties : custom houses and the making of the American state / Gautham Rao.
- Publisher
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American beginnings, 1500-1900American beginnings, 1500-1900.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-260) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 16-231