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Land Taxation in Imperial China, 1750-1911

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Book by Wang, Yeh-chien

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

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19 reviews7 followers
May 31, 2019
王業鍵和何炳棣、瞿同祖等學者處於西方亞洲研究的全盛時代,結合了社會科學和文獻考證以理解傳統中國社會的運作邏輯,而這本無疑是理解晚期帝制中國財政制度的最佳入門著作。作者要言不煩地描述了清代財政制度和田賦管理,再總結了附加稅膨脹等現象,指出疆化的制度無力適應經濟成長。岩井茂樹有關「原額主義」的討論很大程度上受此書啟發。第五章其實適合放在附錄,橫向比較翔實統計數字以指出不同省份實徵稅率相差不遠,清末田賦管理仍然維持一定秩序。兩個遺憾:沒有意識到間接徵收和分擔不均的關係以及附加稅膨脹對中央地方關係的影響。翻譯問題頗大,一來力有不逮還把英文參考文獻硬翻作中文,吳大琨作詹姆斯・T・K・吳。二來不熟悉職官制度,原文中clerk譯作「胥吏」比「書吏」更恰當,田文鏡的職位是北河總督而非「黃河、大運河河督」。
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August 25, 2019
A classic study of China in the Qing dynasty.
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