The History of American Taxation from the Year 1763, to the End of Last Session: in Which is Introduced an Account of the Official Abilities of the Follow

Publisher Marketing: Title: The history of American taxation from the year 1763, to the end of last session: in which is introduced an account of the official abilities of the following ministers, and how far they have been concerned either in pursuing or receding from the present scheme of governing America: the Rt. Hon. George Grenville, Lord Rockingham, Lord Chatham, and the Rt. Hon. Charles Townshend: with an account of the act asserting the entireness of British Legislative authority. Author: Edmund BurkePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01491400CollectionID: CTRG95-B206PublicationDate: 17750101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Speech of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords ... 20th of January, 1775."--P. [87]-98. Collation: 98 p Contributor Bio:  Burke, Edmund, III Edmund Burke, III is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the editor of "Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History" by Marshall G. S. Hodgson (1993) and co-editor (with Ira Lapidus) of "Islam, Politics, and Social Movements" (California, 1988).