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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Book Title
- The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888
- Original Language
- English
- Genre
- Economics
- Topic
- History of Ideas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Personalized
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Era
- 1990s
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- ISBN
- 9780271010359
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-10
0271010355
ISBN-13
9780271010359
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107122
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Tariff Question in the Gilded Age : the Great Debate of 1888
Subject
United States / 19th Century, History & Theory, Commercial Policy, United States / General
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
93-005313
TitleLeading
The
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"Despite the importance of the tariff issue to politics between 1877 and 1913, very little has been done in a serious scholarly way to explore the impact of the tariff on the history of the two major parties. Reitano has chosen to write about a measure, the Mills Bill of 1888, that did not become law. Nonetheless, she has taken this episode and used it to provide a stimulating and important analysis of the public rhetoric about protection and free trade. Her book makes a significant contribution to Gilded Age political history, and it offers an original interpretation of the election of 1888." --Lewis L. Gould, University of Texas at Austin, "Despite the importance of the tariff issue to politics between 1877 and 1913, very little has been done in a serious scholarly way to explore the impact of the tariff on the history of the two major parties. Reitano has chosen to write about a measure, the Mills Bill of 1888, that did not become law. Nonetheless, she has taken this episode and used it to provide a stimulating and important analysis of the public rhetoric about protection and free trade. Her book makes a significant contribution to Gilded Age political history, and it offers an original interpretation of the election of 1888." -Lewis L. Gould, University of Texas at Austin, &"Despite the importance of the tariff issue to politics between 1877 and 1913, very little has been done in a serious scholarly way to explore the impact of the tariff on the history of the two major parties. Reitano has chosen to write about a measure, the Mills Bill of 1888, that did not become law. Nonetheless, she has taken this episode and used it to provide a stimulating and important analysis of the public rhetoric about protection and free trade. Her book makes a significant contribution to Gilded Age political history, and it offers an original interpretation of the election of 1888.&" &-Lewis L. Gould, University of Texas at Austin
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
382/.7/0973
Synopsis
Protective tariffs were part of American life long before the era of NAFTA and GATT. In the late nineteenth century, the "tariff question" was one of the most controversial issues of the day. As Joanne Reitano shows in this far-reaching study, the ensuing debate was anything but an empty exercise in political rhetoric occupying only politicians and lobbyists. The tariff was of central concern to a broad cross section of people because of its perceived relationship to immediate economic problems, such as wages, prices, and trusts. In fact, it became a means for many Americans to wrestle with the implications of the country's rapid growth and the impact of industrial capitalism on American life. Reitano focuses on the election year of 1888, when the tariff was adopted as a cause c l bre by President Grover Cleveland, Congress, the two major parties, and the press. At the heart of the debate was the Mills Bill for tariff reduction. Although the bill failed to pass, Reitano finds in the rancorous public debate a barometer of changes in the American mind in the Gilded Age. She carefully blends intellectual, political, economic, and social issues through analyses of the Congressional Record, press coverage of the debate, academic and polemical literature, political cartoons, and the presidential campaign. Ultimately, Reitano contends that ideas about political economy have always been central to the American mind. They were so in the Gilded Age as they are today., Protective tariffs were part of American life long before the era of NAFTA and GATT. In the late nineteenth century, the "tariff question" was one of the most controversial issues of the day. As Joanne Reitano shows in this far-reaching study, the ensuing debate was anything but an empty exercise in political rhetoric occupying only politicians and lobbyists. The tariff was of central concern to a broad cross section of people because of its perceived relationship to immediate economic problems, such as wages, prices, and trusts. In fact, it became a means for many Americans to wrestle with the implications of the country's rapid growth and the impact of industrial capitalism on American life. Reitano focuses on the election year of 1888, when the tariff was adopted as a cause célèbre by President Grover Cleveland, Congress, the two major parties, and the press. At the heart of the debate was the Mills Bill for tariff reduction. Although the bill failed to pass, Reitano finds in the rancorous public debate a barometer of changes in the American mind in the Gilded Age. She carefully blends intellectual, political, economic, and social issues through analyses of the Congressional Record, press coverage of the debate, academic and polemical literature, political cartoons, and the presidential campaign. Ultimately, Reitano contends that ideas about political economy have always been central to the American mind. They were so in the Gilded Age as they are today., Protective tariffs were part of American life long before the era of NAFTA and GATT. In the late nineteenth century, the "tariff question" was one of the most controversial issues of the day. As Joanne Reitano shows in this far-reaching study, the ensuing debate was anything but an empty exercise in political rhetoric occupying only politicians and lobbyists. The tariff was of central concern to a broad cross section of people because of its perceived relationship to immediate economic problems, such as wages, prices, and trusts. In fact, it became a means for many Americans to wrestle with the implications of the country's rapid growth and the impact of industrial capitalism on American life. Reitano focuses on the election year of 1888, when the tariff was adopted as a cause celebre by President Grover Cleveland, Congress, the two major parties, and the press. At the heart of the debate was the Mills Bill for tariff reduction. Although the bill failed to pass, Reitano finds in the rancorous public debate a barometer of changes in the American mind in the Gilded Age. She carefully blends intellectual, political, economic, and social issues through analyses of the Congressional Record, press coverage of the debate, academic and polemical literature, political cartoons, and the presidential campaign. Ultimately, Reitano contends that ideas about political economy have always been central to the American mind. They were so in the Gilded Age as they are today.
LC Classification Number
HF1755.R38 1994
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