Ancient Taxation : The Mechanics of Extraction in Comparative Perspective /

"The studies collected in Ancient Taxation explore the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. Together, the contributors explore the challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral soci...

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Autres auteurs: Soto Marín, Irene, 1988- (Éditeur intellectuel), Valk, Jonathan (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Press, 2021.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Taxation.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Impôt > Histoire.
Taxation > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Preface
  • 1. A State of Extraction: Navigating Taxation in Ancient Polities
  • Tax Systems
  • 2. Taxing Questions: Financing the Chinese Bronze Age
  • 3. Co- Option and Patronage: The Mechanics of Extraction in Southern Mesopotamia under the Third Dynasty of Ur
  • 4. The Extractive Systems of the Mycenaean World
  • 5. Extracting Cohesion: Fiscal Strategies in the Hittite Staple Economy
  • 6. Taxation in Anglo- Saxon England, Fifth- Ninth Centuries CE
  • 7. Taxation, Aristocratic Autonomy, and Theories of Reciprocity in the Iranian Empire
  • Tax Transitions
  • 8. Fiscal Transformation during the Formative Period of Ancient Chinese Empire (Late Fourth to First Century BCE)
  • 9. The Fiscality of Foreign Relations in the Roman Republic (241- 146 BCE)
  • 10. Changes and Limits of Royal Taxation in Pharaonic Egypt (2300- 2000 BCE)
  • 11. Greek Perspectives on Fiscal Administration under Alexander the Great
  • 12. The Anabolikon Tax and the Study of the Linen Industry in Roman Egypt
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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