Author: Howard Kemble Stokes
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Finances and Administration of Providence
Author: Howard Kemble Stokes
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Financial History of the United States
Author: Paul Studenski
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781587981753
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
An examination of how political issues influence public finance.
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781587981753
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
An examination of how political issues influence public finance.
Justice in Colonial Virginia
Author: Oliver Perry Chitwood
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Colonies, Revolution, Reconstruction
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Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Indiana, North Carolina and Maryland
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Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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The Finances and Administration of Providence
Author: Howard Kemble Stokes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333270681
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Excerpt from The Finances and Administration of Providence: 1636 1901 Providence is a typical modern 'city. It illustrates the well defined movements of population toward urban centres during the last half century. It has met the problems of its constantly increasing functions with an average degree of success. It has much wealth, both recently acquired and inherited, and the con servatism that especially goes with the latter. It is subject to a local political machine that cares less for good government than for the offices. It has nearly one-half of the population of the state, and it contributes nearly one-half of the state taxes on general property, but elects only about one - eighth of the state legislature. It thus has been the object of many state laws passed under the crack of the party whip and framed in the interests of partisanship, or for the benefit of a few party leaders. How much of such legislation might have been averted had there been a really independent and alert public press or public spirit against it, cannot now be known, but the recent sudden granting Of free ticket transfers by the local elec tric railway company, after it had refused for six years to grant them, shows how powerful is the force of public opinion upon corporations having political affiliations. Despite the inferior position of the city in the state. Legislature, therefore, there can be little doubt that political bosses and selfish cor porate in uences could be shorn of much of their power for evil by a vigilant electorate. During the last two decades local franchises have become the most valuable property possessed by large cities. In many cases these franchises have been cheaply bartered away by the local councils or by the superior state legislatures. In all casesvi introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333270681
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Excerpt from The Finances and Administration of Providence: 1636 1901 Providence is a typical modern 'city. It illustrates the well defined movements of population toward urban centres during the last half century. It has met the problems of its constantly increasing functions with an average degree of success. It has much wealth, both recently acquired and inherited, and the con servatism that especially goes with the latter. It is subject to a local political machine that cares less for good government than for the offices. It has nearly one-half of the population of the state, and it contributes nearly one-half of the state taxes on general property, but elects only about one - eighth of the state legislature. It thus has been the object of many state laws passed under the crack of the party whip and framed in the interests of partisanship, or for the benefit of a few party leaders. How much of such legislation might have been averted had there been a really independent and alert public press or public spirit against it, cannot now be known, but the recent sudden granting Of free ticket transfers by the local elec tric railway company, after it had refused for six years to grant them, shows how powerful is the force of public opinion upon corporations having political affiliations. Despite the inferior position of the city in the state. Legislature, therefore, there can be little doubt that political bosses and selfish cor porate in uences could be shorn of much of their power for evil by a vigilant electorate. During the last two decades local franchises have become the most valuable property possessed by large cities. In many cases these franchises have been cheaply bartered away by the local councils or by the superior state legislatures. In all casesvi introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Spanish-American Diplomatic Relations Preceding the War of 1898
Author: Horace Edgar Flack
Publisher:
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Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Special Providence
Author: Walter Russell Mead
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136758674
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."--Otto von Bismarck America's response to the September 11 attacks spotlighted many of the country's longstanding goals on the world stage: to protect liberty at home, to secure America's economic interests, to spread democracy in totalitarian regimes and to vanquish the enemy utterly. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, Walter Russell Mead, argues that these diverse, conflicting impulses have in fact been the key to the U.S.'s success in the world. In a sweeping new synthesis, Mead uncovers four distinct historical patterns in foreign policy, each exemplified by a towering figure from our past. Wilsonians are moral missionaries, making the world safe for democracy by creating international watchdogs like the U.N. Hamiltonians likewise support international engagement, but their goal is to open foreign markets and expand the economy. Populist Jacksonians support a strong military, one that should be used rarely, but then with overwhelming force to bring the enemy to its knees. Jeffersonians, concerned primarily with liberty at home, are suspicious of both big military and large-scale international projects. A striking new vision of America's place in the world, Special Providence transcends stale debates about realists vs. idealists and hawks vs. doves to provide a revolutionary, nuanced, historically-grounded view of American foreign policy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136758674
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."--Otto von Bismarck America's response to the September 11 attacks spotlighted many of the country's longstanding goals on the world stage: to protect liberty at home, to secure America's economic interests, to spread democracy in totalitarian regimes and to vanquish the enemy utterly. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, Walter Russell Mead, argues that these diverse, conflicting impulses have in fact been the key to the U.S.'s success in the world. In a sweeping new synthesis, Mead uncovers four distinct historical patterns in foreign policy, each exemplified by a towering figure from our past. Wilsonians are moral missionaries, making the world safe for democracy by creating international watchdogs like the U.N. Hamiltonians likewise support international engagement, but their goal is to open foreign markets and expand the economy. Populist Jacksonians support a strong military, one that should be used rarely, but then with overwhelming force to bring the enemy to its knees. Jeffersonians, concerned primarily with liberty at home, are suspicious of both big military and large-scale international projects. A striking new vision of America's place in the world, Special Providence transcends stale debates about realists vs. idealists and hawks vs. doves to provide a revolutionary, nuanced, historically-grounded view of American foreign policy.
Diplomatic History. Trade Unions
Author:
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Publisher:
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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