The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Westholme PublishingISBN-13:9781594164002ISBN-10:1594164002UPC:9781594164002Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCD1H06FDB
The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis
In March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America's national debt. The law, known colloquially as the "Whiskey Act," disproportionately penalized farmers in the backcountry, while offering favorable tax incentives designed to protect larger distillers. Although Hamilton viewed the law as a means of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Westholme PublishingISBN-13:9781594164002ISBN-10:1594164002UPC:9781594164002Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCD1H06FDB
Brady J. Crytzer teaches history at Robert Morris University. He is the recipient of the Donald S. Kelly and Donna J. McKee Awards for outstanding scholarship in the discipline of history. A specialist in imperialism in North America, he is the author of a number of books, including Fort Pitt: A Frontier History, Guyasuta and the Fall of Indian America, War in the Peaceable Kingdom: The...
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