Ancient taxation : the mechanics of extraction in comparative perspective / edited by Jonathan Valk and Irene Soto Marín.
| Other author | Valk, Jonathan, editor. |
| Other author | Soto Marín, Irene, 1988- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | ISAW monographs ISAW monographs. ^A1431659 |
| Contents | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. A State of Extraction: Navigating Taxation in Ancient Polities -- Tax Systems -- 2. Taxing Questions: Financing the Chinese Bronze Age -- 3. Co- Option and Patronage: The Mechanics of Extraction in Southern Mesopotamia under the Third Dynasty of Ur -- 4. The Extractive Systems of the Mycenaean World -- 5. Extracting Cohesion: Fiscal Strategies in the Hittite Staple Economy -- 6. Taxation in Anglo- Saxon England, Fifth- Ninth Centuries CE -- 7. Taxation, Aristocratic Autonomy, and Theories of Reciprocity in the Iranian Empire -- Tax Transitions -- 8. Fiscal Transformation during the Formative Period of Ancient Chinese Empire (Late Fourth to First Century BCE) -- 9. The Fiscality of Foreign Relations in the Roman Republic (241- 146 BCE) -- 10. Changes and Limits of Royal Taxation in Pharaonic Egypt (2300- 2000 BCE) -- 11. Greek Perspectives on Fiscal Administration under Alexander the Great -- 12. The Anabolikon Tax and the Study of the Linen Industry in Roman Egypt -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Abstract | "The studies collected in Ancient Taxation explore the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. Together, the contributors explore the challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral societies, including basic tax strategy (taxing goods vs. labor, in kind vs. money taxes, direct vs. indirect, internal vs. external, etc.), assessment and collection (particularly over wide geographic areas or at large scale, e.g., by tax farming), compliance, and negotiating the cooperation of social, economic, and political elites or other critical social groups. By assembling such a broad range of studies, the book sheds new light on the commonalities and differences between ancient taxation systems, highlighting how studying taxes can shed light on the fiscal and institutional practices of antiquity. It also provides new impetus for comparative research, both between ancient societies and between ancient and modern extractive practices. This book will be of interest to those studying ancient history, economic history, the history of taxation, or comparative politics and economics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ancient taxation New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/New York University Press, 2021. 9781479806195 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021003095 |
| ISBN | 9781479806225 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1479806226 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781479806218 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1479806218 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |