Fiscal regimes and the political economy of premodern states

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Introduction 1. Studying fiscal regimes Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel Part I. Diversity and Commonalities in Early Extraction Regimes: 2. The Inka empire Terence N. D'Altroy 3. The Aztec empire Michael E. Smith 4. The Ancient Near East and Egypt Michael Jursa and Juan Carlos Morena Garcia Part II. Determinants of Intensification and Abatement: 5. Hellenistic empires Andrew Monson 6. The Roman republic James Tan 7. The early Roman monarchy Walter Scheidel 8. The later Roman empire Gilles Bransbourg 9. Early imperial China, from Qin/Han through Tang Mark E. Lewis 10. Imperial China under the Song and late Qing Kent Gang Deng Part III. Divergent Trends among Established Regimes: 11. Late Rome, Byzantium and early medieval western Europe John Haldon 12. The Middle East in Islamic late antiquity Hugh Kennedy 13. The Ottoman empire Metin M. Cosgel 14. Early modern Japan Philip C. Brown Part IV. Fragmented Political Ecologies and Institutional Innovation: 15. The Greek polis and koinon Emily Mackil 16. Classical Athens Josiah Ober 17. Why did public debt originate in Europe? David Stasavage Part V. Comparative Perspectives and New Frontiers: 18. Tributary empires and the New Fiscal Sociology: some comparative reflections Peter F. Bang 19. Interpreting the comparative history of fiscal regimes Edgar Kiser and Margaret Levi.