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Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979 - Martin Daunton - Google Books
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This original work explores the politics of British taxation in the twentieth century. By 1979, taxes were taken from almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the political rise of Margaret Thatcher. But the level of taxation had risen…
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St Peter Port, 1680-1830: The History of an International Entrepôt - Gregory Stevens-Cox - Google Books
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Gregory Stevens Cox's immensely readable and meticulously researched history of St Peter Port in the eighteenth century provides a fascinating account of the town's place in the trading world of the Atlantic. He shows that it was trade, not privateering,…