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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013

1 online resource (581 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780300187304 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780300176582

aYale Law Library series in legal history and reference

Print version: Parrillo, Nicholas R. Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013 xi, 568 pages ; 24 cm. Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference ISBN 9780300176582

Includes bibliographical references and index

The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors’ fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.

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