This book provides a thorough review of early English land taxes of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It is also a polemical work which is critical of the institutional English state narratives including Brewer’s ‘Sinews of Power’ and North and Weingast’s ‘credible commitment’ and some established works in the field particularly Ward’s ‘The English Land Tax in the Eighteenth-Century’ which is subject to a highly detailed critique. The work proposes that although this was a time of tension, with an English population divided by political and religious affiliations, unprecedented amounts of tax were still collected. This was achieved by ceding immediate process ownership to local governors whilst arming them with clear success criteria, well-designed processes and innovative legislation targeted on a growing and commercialized economy. This will be of interest to financial historians, academics, and researchers.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-90259-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 10/10/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés