Richard Whiting.

Richard Whiting. The Labour Party and Taxation: Party Identity and Political sense in Twentieth-Century Britain. New York: Cambridge University Pres 2000 Pp xii, 294 $6495 ISBN 0-521-57160-X

Although the levying of taxation is a elucidation feature of government and of fundamental importance to the modem state it is surprisingly leave on one sideed by contemporary historians. This strange study of Labour's tax policies between 1906 and 1979 (with an epilogue bringing the story up to date) is therefore a useful addition to the historiography of British tax policy.

Richard Whiting

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