Distribution of Wealth and Income in the United States in 1798 - Couverture souple

Soltow, Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822985217 ISBN 13 : 9780822985211

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989

Synopsis

Lee Soltow examines wealth and income in the United States during the Federal period, at a time when state constitutions were formed, national tax laws written, and policies for banking, credit, and debt first formulated. Soltow bases his study on the national census of 1798, which catalogued nearly every piece of property in the United States -land, dwellings, mills, and wharfs-in order to levy the First Direct Tax. He complements this with information from the 1790 and 1800 United States censuses, and with data gathered fifty years before and after this time, to offer an exhaustive survey of the distribution of wealth in early America. He then compares these findings to conditions in Europe during the same period, and discovers that, while wealth in America was not evenly dispersed, it was far more equal than European nations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lee Soltow was professor of economics at Ohio University, and the author or coauthor of several books, including Men and Wealth in the United States, 1850-70.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822985217
• ISBN 13: 9780822985211
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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