For good and evil : the impact of taxes on the course of civilization
The very word taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. Charles Adams changes that in this fascinating history. Taxation, says Mr. Adams, has been a catalyst of history, the powerful influence if not the direct cause of many of the famous events of history that have marched across the world's stage as empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser. For Good and Evil is the first book to
eBook, English, ©1993
Madison Books ; Distributed by National Book Network, London, New York, ©1993
History
1 online resource (xxi, 530 pages) : illustrations, map
9781568332642, 1568332645
839305404
Taxes: what they are and where they began
The kaleidoscopic Romans
The Middle Ages
Russia, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany
The Ancien Regime
After Magna Carta
The rocky road of early American taxation
The monster that laid the Golden Egg