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National duties : custom houses and the making of the American state
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- Creator
- Gautham Rao
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 022636710X, 9780226367071, 022636707X, 9780226367101
- OCLC
- ocn920017593, ocn946887835
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-260) and index.
- Part I. Revolution: Philadelphia, 1769: 1. Custom houses, negotiated authority, and the bonds of empire, 1714-1776 -- Part II. Revenue and Empire: Bermuda Hundred, 1795: 2. Political economy and the making of the customs system; 3. Negotiating authority in federalist America, 1789-1800 -- Part III. Revenue and Crisis: Baltimore, 1808: 4. Commerce or war?; 5. Jefferson's embargo and the era of commercial restrictions, 1807-1815 -- Part IV. Reform: Boston, 1817: 6. Dismantling discretion, 1816-1828 -- Epilogue: Charleston, 1832