Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, C.1850-1960

This book examines the evolution of fiscal capacity in the context of colonial state formation and the changing world order between 1850 and 1960. Until the early nineteenth century, European colonial control over Asia and Africa was largely confined to coastal and island settlements, which functioned as little more than trading posts. The officials running these settlements had neither the resources nor the need to develop new fiscal instruments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108494269
• ISBN13: 9781108494267
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"