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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

Increasingly, scholars believe that China's relative economic decline in the 18th and 19th Centuries -- relative to Western Europe and Japan -- and the subseque

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

This volume presents a fresh picture of the historical development of “conservatism” from the late 17th to the early 20th century. The book explores the bro