Ways and Means
Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: xii, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
United States -- History -- 1849-1877.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
United States -- History -- 1849-1877.
ISBN:
9780735223554
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Lincoln Low | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-410) and index.