Introduction -- The emergence of taxpayers' associations in the nineteenth century : self-interest and civic duty -- The tax revolt, 1930-1941 : the "taxpayers are rising" and "want to pay less for government" -- Taxpayers' associations' legislative and education programs : the pursuit of "constructive economy" -- The populist politics of taxpayers' groups : "vox populi, vox dei" -- The specter of tax strikes : "shutting off the money" -- Taxpayers' litigation in the Great Depression : protecting the taxpayers' "hard earned money" -- Conclusion.
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"Traces the interplay of politics and law in the American taxpayers' association movement of the 1930s and those movements' lasting impact, showing how the Great Depression transformed organized taxpayer activity in the United States and that taxpayers' associations in turn transformed the nature and form of state and local governments"-- Provided by publisher.
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