, China, and England. Japan is similar in size to a European country and linked to China through shared beliefs and practices … and Europe, using Japan's Tokugawa era (1603-1868) as a benchmark from which to consider public goods provision in Prussia …. Such an approach allows us to mediate comparisons made directly between China and Europe and to avoid taking England as the …

comparing those cases with others from Europe and China's economic history. The contributors focus on three areas of inquiry …