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" Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states / "
edited by Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel.
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640150
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Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states /\ edited by Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel.
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xvi, 586 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9781107089204
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: 1107089204
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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"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 development"--
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Taxation-- History-- To 1500.
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Fiscal policy-- History-- To 1500.
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336.2009/01
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HJ2261.F57 2015
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Monson, Andrew,1977-
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Scheidel, Walter,1966-
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