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This survey of the fiscal history of China's last imperial dynasty explains why its ability to tax was unusually weak. It argues that the answer lies in the int

Zhang argues that property institutions in preindustrial China and England were a cause of China's lagging development in preindustrial times.

This book is the first attempt in the English language to study and evaluate the new Chinese Civil Code.

Why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China? The authors combine economic theory and historical evidence to argue that political proc

Leading economic historians present a groundbreaking series of country case studies exploring the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia.