Taxation and Governmental Finance in Sixteenth-Century Ming China

by Ray Huang

Book Overview

Originally published in 1974, this is a detailed study of the financial administration of the Chinese government during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), with particular attention to the sixteenth century, a topic about which very little has been published either in Chinese or any Western language. Professor Huang has worked through an enormous quantity and variety of source material - in particular the 133 substantial volumes of the Ming Veritable Records...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521104874
• ISBN13: 9780521104876
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"