Taxes on Knowledge in America: Exactions on the Press from Colonial Times to the Present

by Randall P. Bezanson

In Taxes on Knowledge in America, Randall P. Bezanson explores the extent to which the publication and distribution of current public information is effected by economic exactions. The book begins with a brief overview of the English history and experience with knowledge taxes, before turning to a discussion of knowledge taxes in America from colonial times to the present. In addition to covering traditional printed publications, Bezanson looks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812232127
• ISBN13: 9780812232127
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"