{"product_id":"lobbyists-and-the-making-of-daniel-peart-9781421426112","title":"Lobbyists and the Making of Us Tariff Policy, 1816-1861","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book-length study of lobbying prior to the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 2008 global economic crisis, historians have embraced the challenge of making visible the invisible hand of the market. This renewed interest in the politics of political economy makes it all the more timely to remind ourselves that debates over free trade and protection were just as controversial in the early United States as they have once again become, and that lobbying, then as now, played an important part in Lincoln's government \"of the people, by the people, for the people.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLobbyists and the Making of US Tariff Policy, 18161861\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Peart reveals how active lobbyists were in Washington throughout the antebellum era. He describes how they involved themselves at every stage of the making of tariff policy, from setting the congressional agenda, through the writing of legislation in committee, to the final vote. Considering policymaking as a process, Peart focuses on the importance of rules and timing, the critical roles played by individual lawmakers and lobbyists, and the high degree of uncertainty that characterized this formative period in American political development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debate about tariff policy, Peart explains, is an unbroken thread that runs throughout the pre-Civil War era, connecting disparate individuals and events and shaping the development of the United States in myriad ways. Duties levied on imports provided the federal government with the major part of its revenue from the ratification of the Constitution to the close of the nineteenth century. More controversially, they also offered protection to domestic producers against foreign competition, at the expense of increased costs for consumers and the risk of retaliation from international trade partners. Ultimately, this book uses the tariff issue to illustrate the critical role that lobbying played within the antebellum policymaking process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Peart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421426110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421426112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Daniel Peart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934799560959,"sku":"9781421426112","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fc51d683-383b-4182-819e-e0dfd9059c60.jpg?v=1681416118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lobbyists-and-the-making-of-daniel-peart-9781421426112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}