| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 586 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Taxation -- History -- To 1500.
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Taxation. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Fiscal policy -- History -- To 1500.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. |
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Fiscal policy. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance. |
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Economie. |
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Fiscale aspecten. |
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Skattepolitik -- historia. |
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Ekonomisk politik -- historia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Monson, Andrew, 1977- editor.
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Scheidel, Walter, 1966- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107089204 (DLC) 2014034798 (OCoLC)890814498 |
| ISBN |
9781316320198 (electronic book) |
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1316320197 (electronic book) |
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9781316105436 (electronic book) |
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1316105431 (electronic book) |
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9781316330234 (electronic book) |
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1316330230 (electronic book) |
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9781316316856 |
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1316316858 |
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9781316289518 |
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1316289516 |
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1107460964 (paperback) |
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9781107460966 |
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9781107089204 (hardcover) |
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1107089204 (hardcover) |
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9781316333570 |
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1316333574 |
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9781107460966 (paperback) |
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