Author(s):
Hanzhi Deng
Type:
Poster
Department:
Department of Economic History
Exhibit no:
25
This poster presents a quantitative study that investigates how the static, centralized and agrarian fiscal system of the Qing China was transformed into a responsive, decentralized and diverse one since the 1850s. It offers us new perspectives to understand the making of a modern fiscal state.
It finds a positive link between the military conflicts during the Taiping Rebellion and the establishment and persistence of the autonomous indirect taxation systems on the local level.