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03200aam a2200445 i 4500 001 BE9DECB2EB9D11E7A465B32097128E48 003 SILO 005 20171228010216 008 160420s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016018813 020 $a 1628942088 020 $a 9781628942088 020 $a 162894207X 020 $a 9781628942071 035 $a (OCoLC)945232814 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 00 $a E441 $b .D735 2016 082 00 $a 306.3/620973 $2 23 100 1 $a Dowless, H. L., $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016021718 245 10 $a Reflections on the loss of the freeborn American nation : $b banksters against people / $c H.L. Dowless. 264 1 $a New York : $b Algora Publishing, $c [2016] 300 $a xvi, 184 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "Mr. Dowless argues and explains that the US Civil War was fought by segments of the nation that supported the imposition of a central bank, and laws designed to support bankers, corporations and their insider connections in the government to the detriment of the populace at large, against those Americans who advocated free enterprise and a light regime of laws that would allow and enable each citizen to prosper according to his abilities without undue taxation, licensing fees, and other laws geared to protect big corporations. Within that context, he shows that whereas the argument for and against slave holding was intentionally turned into an emotionally-driven moralistic argument, regrettably slave ownership was, up to the mid-19th century, the only economic choice to enable agricultural plantations attain economy of scale and thus produce a profit"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a How did we get here? -- What Americans need to know now -- The original plan -- The first ninety years in a nutshell -- A contest of wills -- Those who resisted, how and why -- A conclusion. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture $x History. $z United States $x History. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114418 650 0 $a Plantations $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Banks and banking $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Corporations $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Free enterprise $x History. $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Causes. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Causes. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219 651 0 $a United States $x Economic aspects. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Economic aspects. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140230 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y To 1865. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140021 776 08 $i Online version: $a Dowless, H. L. $t Reflections on the loss of the free-born American nation $d New York : Algora Publishing, [2016] $z 9781628942095 $w (DLC) 2016019390 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024429.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BE9DECB2EB9D11E7A465B32097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search