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Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states /

"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 premodern stage of fiscal develo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Monson, Andrew, 1977- (Editor ), Scheidel, Walter, 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.