Trusting Leviathan

Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the long nineteenth century. In 1799, income tax stood at 20% of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, it was 10%. This equitable exercise in fiscal containment lent the government a high level of legitimacy, allowing it to fund war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining new research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this book examines the complex financial relationship between the State and its citizens.

Author: Martin Daunton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/11/2001
Pages: 454
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.35w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9780521803724

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2002 pg. 696

About the Author
Daunton, Martin: - Martin Daunton, FBA, is a fellow of Churchill College and professor of economic history at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Progress and Poverty: An Economic and Social History of Britain, 1700-1850 (1995), and editor of Volume III of The Cambridge Urban History of Britain (2001).