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Author:

Lowenstein, Roger, author.

Title:

Ways and means : Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War / Roger Lowenstein.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
United States--Economic aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects.
United States--Finance.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Finance.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
United States--History--1849-1877.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-410) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Revolution completed -- Two crises -- Exigencies of war -- Ways and means -- The window shuts -- Legal tender -- Forgotten Congress -- Proclamation -- Chase's plan -- Cotton for cash -- Gettysburg summer -- Chase for President -- Roast mutton and partridge -- Exit secretary -- Staggering transformation -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"In Ways and Means, journalist Roger Lowenstein reveals the unlikely story of how Abraham Lincoln used the urgency of financing the Civil War to transform a union of states into one united nation. Through a financial lens, he explores how this second American revolution, led by Lincoln, his cabinet, and his congress, changed the direction of the country"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0735223556
9780735223554

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1256627917

LCCN:

2021029398

Locations:

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