"From the Netherlands to the Ottoman Empire, to Japan and India, this groundbreaking volume confronts the complex and diverse problem of the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia between 1500 and 1914. This series of country case studies from leading economic historians reveals that distinctive...

Intro -- Public Finance of the Dutch Republic in Comparative: Perspective The Viability of an Early Modern Federal State (1570s-1795) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Map -- General Introduction -- The Question at Stake -- Possible Answers -- The...