"This Great Crisis in the Republick of Letters" - The Introduction in 1712 of Stamp Duties on Newspapers and Pamphlets

Stamp duty is currently undergoing a transformation which includes a reformulation of its scope.Early in its 300-year life, however, stamp duty extended to a much more diverse range of transactions and also to some goods, including newspapers and pamphlets.This paper examines the imposition of stamp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sadler, Pauline, Oats, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sweet and Maxwell 2002
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41137