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Author Martin, Isaac William.

Title Rich people's movements : grassroots campaigns to untax the one percent / Isaac William Martin.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 275 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in postwar American political development
Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the riddle of rich people's movements -- The revolution of 1913 -- Populism against the income tax -- The Sixteenth Amendment repealers -- The most sinister lobby -- The power of women -- The radical rich -- Strange bedfellows -- The temporary triumph of estate tax repeal -- Conclusion: the century of rich people's movements.
Summary Why do protesters sometimes take to the streets to demand lower taxes on the rich? In this urgently relevant study, sociologist Isaac William Martin examines how these protesters used tactics that they learned in movements of the poor and powerless-and sometimes won big.
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Subject Income tax -- United States.
Income tax.
United States.
Repeal of legislation -- United States.
Repeal of legislation.
Social movements -- United States.
Social movements.
Tax credits -- United States.
Tax credits.
Rich people -- United States.
Rich people.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Subject Social movements.
Other Form: Print version: Martin, Isaac William. Rich people's movements 9780199928996 (DLC) 2012049410 (OCoLC)822971523
ISBN 9780199929009 (electronic book)
0199929009 (electronic book)
9780199928996
0199928991

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