Saturday, January 10, 2004

9:30–11:30 a.m.

76. Funding and Defunding the American State: War and Society in the Twentieth Century
Marriott, Marriott Ballroom Balcony C

Chair: Michael A. Bernstein, University of California at San Diego
Papers:

Lawyers, Guns, and Money: The U.S. Treasury, World War I, and the Excess Profits Tax
Ajay K. Mehrotra, Indiana University

New Deal Public Works Programs during World War II: Construction, Worker Training, and Japanese American Internment
Jason Scott Smith, Harvard University

Tax Reduction under Reagan: The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 and the Defunding of the American State
Monica Prasad, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Comment: Brian Balogh, University of Virginia