Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states /
Inspired by the New Fiscal History, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical pr...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : 2015 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Studying fiscal regimes; Part I Diversity and Commonalities in Early Extraction Regimes; Chapter 2 The Inka Empire; Chapter 3 The Aztec Empire; Chapter 4 The ancient Near East and Egypt; Part II Determinants of Intensification and Abatement; Chapter 5 Hellenistic empires; Chapter 6 The Roman Republic; Chapter 7 The early Roman monarchy; Chapter 8 The later Roman Empire; Chapter 9 Early imperial China, from the Qin and Han through Tang
- Introduction : studying fiscal regimes / Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel
- Diversity and commonalities in early extraction regimes. The Inka Empire / Terence N. D'Altroy ; The Aztec Empire / Michael E. Smith ; The ancient Near East and Egypt / Michael Jursa and Juan Carlos Moreno García
- Determinants of intensification and abatement. Hellenistic empires / Andrew Monson ; The Roman Republic / James Tan ; The early Roman monarchy / Walter Scheidel ; The later Roman Empire / Gilles Bransbourg ; Early imperial China, from the Qin and Han through Tang / Mark E. Lewis ; Imperial China under the Song and late Qing / Kent Gang Deng
- Divergent trends among established regimes. Late Rome, Byzantium, and early medieval western Europe / John Haldon ; The Middle East in Islamic late antiquity / Hugh Kennedy ; The Ottoman Empire / Metin M. Coşgel ; Early modern Japan / Philip C. Brown
- Fragmented political ecologies and institutional innovation. The Greek polis and koinon / Emily Mackil ; Classical Athens / Josiah Ober ; Why did public debt originate in Europe? / David Stasavage
- Comparative perspectives and new frontiers. Tributary empires and the New Fiscal Sociology : some comparative reflections / Peter F. Bang ; Interpreting the comparative history of fiscal regimes / Edgar Kiser and Margaret Levi
- Introduction : studying fiscal regimes / Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel
- Diversity and commonalities in early extraction regimes. The Inka Empire / Terence N. D'Altroy ; The Aztec Empire / Michael E. Smith ; The ancient Near East and Egypt / Michael Jursa and Juan Carlos Moreno García
- Determinants of intensification and abatement. Hellenistic empires / Andrew Monson ; The Roman Republic / James Tan ; The early Roman monarchy / Walter Scheidel ; The later Roman Empire / Gilles Bransbourg ; Early imperial China, from the Qin and Han through Tang / Mark E. Lewis ; Imperial China under the Song and late Qing / Kent Gang Deng
- Divergent trends among established regimes. Late Rome, Byzantium, and early medieval western Europe / John Haldon ; The Middle East in Islamic late antiquity / Hugh Kennedy ; The Ottoman Empire / Metin M. Coşgel ; Early modern Japan / Philip C. Brown
- Fragmented political ecologies and institutional innovation. The Greek polis and koinon / Emily Mackil ; Classical Athens / Josiah Ober ; Why did public debt originate in Europe? / David Stasavage
- Comparative perspectives and new frontiers. Tributary empires and the New Fiscal Sociology : some comparative reflections / Peter F. Bang ; Interpreting the comparative history of fiscal regimes / Edgar Kiser and Margaret Levi
- Chapter 10 Imperial China under the Song and late QingPart III Divergent Trends among Established Regimes; Chapter 11 Late Rome, Byzantium, and early medieval western Europe; Chapter 12 The Middle East in Islamic late antiquity; Chapter 13 The Ottoman Empire; Chapter 14 Early modern Japan; Part IV Fragmented Political Ecologies and Institutional Innovation; Chapter 15 The Greek polis and koinon; Chapter 16 Classical Athens; Chapter 17 Why did public debt originate in Europe?; Part V Comparative Perspectives and New Frontiers; Chapter 18 Tributary empires and the New Fiscal Sociology: some comparative reflections; Chapter 19 Interpreting the comparative history of fiscal regimes; Index