The permanent tax revolt: how the property tax transformed American politics

Abstract

1 Introducing the Tax Revolt 1 2 A Seedbed of Taxpayer Revolt: The Modernization of the American Property Tax 25 3 The Outbreak of a Tax Protest Movement 50 4 The Two Faces of Federalism 74 5 A New Ball Game: How the Tax Revolt Turned Right 98 6 Welcome to the Tax Cutting Party: How the Tax Revolt Transformed Republican Politics 126 7 American Exceptionalism Reconsidered 146 Epilogue: Lessons of the Tax Revolt 166 Appendix 1: How Great Was the Tax Privilege of Fractional Assessment? 175 Appendix 2: Was Proposition 13 Really a Turning Point? 181 Appendix 3: How Did Tax Limitation Policies Affect the Politics of Taxation? 185 Archival Sources and Their Abbreviations 189