This survey of the fiscal history of China's last imperial dynasty explains why its ability to tax was unusually weak. It argues that the answer lies in the int
Increasingly, scholars believe that China's relative economic decline in the 18th and 19th Centuries -- relative to Western Europe and Japan -- and the subseque
Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic hi
This book is the first attempt in the English language to study and evaluate the new Chinese Civil Code.
According to diverse indices of political performance, the Middle East is the world's least free region. Some believe that it is Islam that hinders liberalizati
