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Ways and means : Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War / Roger Lowenstein.

Lowenstein, Roger, (author.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780735223554
ISBN: 0735223556
Physical Description: xii, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts, map ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-410) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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 & Partridge -- EXIT SECRETARY -- Staggering Transformation -- Epilogue.