The Lion's Share: Inequality and the Rise of the Fiscal State in Preindustrial Europe
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series Series)
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This is the most in-depth analysis of inequality and social polarization ever attempted for a preindustrial society. Using data from the archives of the Venetian Terraferma, and compared with information available for elsewhere in Europe, Guido Alfani and Matteo Di Tullio demonstrate that the rise of the fiscal-military state served to increase economic inequality in the early modern period. Preindustrial fiscal systems tended to be regressive in...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:110847621X
ISBN13:9781108476218
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:244 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 9.4" x 9.3"
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