Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China

Wenkai He

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State

England, Japan, and China

Wenkai He

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674074637

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About this book

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 similar circumstances, did not. He’s explanation for China’s failure at a critical moment illuminates one of the most important but least understood transformations of the modern world.

Author / Editor information

He Wenkai :

Wenkai He is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Reviews

Mark Metzler, University of Texas at Austin:
An outstanding work that takes on a classic subject in a new way. In its sweeping transnational synthesis, careful research, and perceptive analysis, Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State is a major achievement, the first of its kind in its field.

Daniel Little, University of Michigan–Dearborn:
A genuinely important piece of scholarship that has the potential to become a benchmark in the literature. The author combines new institutionalism, comparative historical sociology, and first-rate historical scholarship to make a novel and compelling explanation for the rise of the modern fiscal state. This book will be of particular interest today, given its relevance to the debt and credit crises that so many countries in the developed world are currently experiencing.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. CREDIT CRISES IN THE RISE OF THE MODERN FISCAL STATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
2. ENGLAND’S PATH, 1642–1752 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. THE RAPID CENTRALIZATION OF PUBLIC FINANCE IN JAPAN, 1868–1880 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN FISCAL STATE IN JAPAN, 1880–1895 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5. ECONOMIC DISRUPTION AND THE FAILURE OF PAPER MONEY IN CHINA, 1851–1864 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
6. THE PERSISTENCE OF FISCAL DE CENTRALIZAION IN CHINA, 1864–1911 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 325
Illustrations
- Other: 1 line illustration, 7 graphs, 1 table
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Comparative; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative

eBook

Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674074637