Book of Donmon Teith

At the turn of the twentieth century, the U.S. system of public finance underwent a dramatic transformation. The late-nineteenth-century regime of indirect, hid

At the turn of the twentieth century, the US system of public finance underwent a dramatic transformation. The late nineteenth-century regime of indirect, hidde

Wenkai He shows why England and Japan, facing crises in public finance, developed the tools and institutions of a modern fiscal state, while China, facing simil

This volume presents sixteen essays by comparative historical scholars who offer a survey of the new fiscal sociology.

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