Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Lowenstein, Roger

Penguin Press, 2022-03-08. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Penguin Press, 2022-03-08. First edition, complete line of . hardcover. fine/fine. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. 432 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears. Price is not clipped.

Penguin Press, 2022-03-08. hardcover. Interior is excellent/wrapped in plastic. 6x1x9. x library

Penguin Press. New. New Upon his election to the presidency, Abraham Lincoln inherited a country in crisis Even before the Confederacy's secession, the United States Treasury had run out of money The government had no authority to raise taxes, no federal bank, no currency But amid unprecedented troubles Lincoln saw opportunity-the chance to legislate in the centralizing spirit of the "more perfect union" that had first drawn him to politics With Lincoln at the helm, the United States would now govern "for" its people: it would enact laws, establish a currency, raise armies, underwrite transportation and higher education, assist farmers, and impose taxes for them Lincoln believed this agenda would foster the economic opportunity he had always sought for upwardly striving Americans, and which he would seek in particular for enslaved Black AmericansSalmon Chase, Lincoln's vanquished rival and his new secretary of the Treasury, waged war on the financial front, levying taxes and marketing bonds while… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Penguin Pr, 2022. Hardcover. New. 432 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches.