Just Taxes

'Daunton's fine study ... makes an important contribution to understanding the background to the political economy of Thatcherism.' Roger Middleton, Times Higher Education Supplement 'Just Taxes is a book rich in detail and argument that requires careful reading: Daunton's lucid writing makes that possible.' Juliet Gardiner, History Today '... an effective and sobering account ... a very important and surprisingly accessible book, in which Daunton explains complex issues very well.' Andrew Thorpe, University of Exeter, History 'Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979 is a pioneering, uncompromisingly high-minded survey that, in conjunction with its predecessor volume Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799-1914 goes a long way towards fulfilling Daunton's aim of at last placing taxation squarely at the centre of modern British history.' Times Literary Supplement 'This is a book worth buying ...' The Economic History Review '... a great achievement in terms of scholarship and lively interpretation ... should indeed inform contemporary debates on teh impact of national taxation.' Parliaments, Estates & Representation 'Daunton has drawn upon a wide range of archival and printed sources to produce a coherent and accessible account of a complex subject ... Just taxes is as important for the study of British history in the twentieth century as trusting Leviathan is for the nineteenth.' The Historical Journal