Taisu Zhang, “The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship Property in Preindustrial China and England” (Cambridge UP, 2017)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Exploring Taxation and Institutional Foundations in Historical Economic Divergence
This chapter explores the speaker's research on legal theory and historical analysis, with a focus on the contrasting taxation systems of China and England. It emphasizes the impact of these systems on governmental capacity and industrialization, advocating for an understanding of the ideological and cultural factors influencing economic development.
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