The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation: Belief Systems, Politics, and Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781316518687 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 250 str.

Taisu Zhang

Opis

Surveys the fiscal history of China's last imperial dynasty and explains why its ability to tax was unusually weak.

Recenzje

'Why did the Qing empire consistently under-tax its agricultural base? This book invites one to the backroom of emperors and statesmen as they debated fiscal policy, and performs a masterful dissection of the long-term ideological forces at work. A gripping read.' He Bian, Associate Professor of History, Princeton University

Spis treści

1. A short history of qing taxation; 2. The uses and limitations of rationalist explanations; 3. Pre-qing fiscal regimes; 4. The early qing paradigm shift; 5. Mid-qing entrenchment; 6. Late qing reforms; 7. Theoretical implications.