Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation The

What role did economics play in leading the United States into the Civil War in the 1860s, and how did the war affect the economies of the North and the South? Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation uses contemporary economic analyses such as supply and

Mark Thornton is a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute Robert B. Ekelund Jr. is currently the Edward K. and Catherine L. Lowder Eminent Scholar at Auburn University and Vernon F. Taylor Visiting Distinguished Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas

Introduction: How Economics Illuminates the Civil War	xiii
CHAPTER ONE ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND THE ONSET OF THE CIVIL WAR: THE TARIFF	1	(28)
CHAPTER TWO THE UNION BLOCKADE AND SOUTHERN STRATEGY	29	(30)
CHAPTER THREE INFLATION, NORTH AND SOUTH	59	(22)
CHAPTER FOUR CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR	81	(24)
Bibliographical Essay	105	(12)
Index	117

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Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation The Economics of the Civil War

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