The Politicos, 1865-1896A lively history of the parties and the great party oeaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent eyrs of the "Robber Barons." |
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... States ' Rights or home rule , all the protective rights granted by our Constitution to preserve men from despotic power and authority in the days before such principles became the subterfuge of corporate capitalism .
... States ' Rights or home rule , all the protective rights granted by our Constitution to preserve men from despotic power and authority in the days before such principles became the subterfuge of corporate capitalism .
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The new banking and currency system , the distinctively protective form of taxation to be introduced , were but a small price to pay for national unity and human liberty , which seemed to depend upon them . Indeed they were vitally ...
The new banking and currency system , the distinctively protective form of taxation to be introduced , were but a small price to pay for national unity and human liberty , which seemed to depend upon them . Indeed they were vitally ...
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Far more precious after 1861 than other favors in the gift of the ruling party were the indirect subsidies to home manufactures under the guise of mounting protective - tariff duties on imports . Ever among the most prominent and ...
Far more precious after 1861 than other favors in the gift of the ruling party were the indirect subsidies to home manufactures under the guise of mounting protective - tariff duties on imports . Ever among the most prominent and ...
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Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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| Title | The Politicos, 1865-1896 Harvest book |
| Author | Matthew Josephson |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 760 pages |
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