Marketing Sovereign Promises
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How did England, once a minor regional power, become a global hegemon between 1689 and 1815? Why, over the same period, did she become the world''s first industrial nation? Gary W. Cox addresses these questions in Marketing Sovereign Promises. The book examines two central issues: the origins of the great taxing power of the modern state and how that power is made compatible with economic growth. ...
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How did England, once a minor regional power, become a global hegemon between 1689 and 1815? Why, over the same period, did she become the world''s first industrial nation? Gary W. Cox addresses these questions in Marketing Sovereign Promises. The book examines two central issues: the origins of the great taxing power of the modern state and how that power is made compatible with economic growth. ...
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