Title: Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states
Description: "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"--
Subjects: Taxation, Fiscal policy, History, HISTORY / Ancient / General
Time periods: To 1500