Trusting Leviathan

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Trusting Leviathan is written by Martin Daunton and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521037484 (ISBN 10) and 9780521037488 (ISBN 13).

Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the "long" nineteenth century. In 1799, income tax stood at 20% of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, it was 10%. This equitable exercise in fiscal containment lent the government a high level of legitimacy, allowing it to fund war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining new research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this book examines the complex financial relationship between the State and its citizens.