Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series

Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series

Alfani, Guido (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan); Di Tullio, Matteo (Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy)

Cambridge University Press

02/2019

244

Dura

Inglês

9781108476218

15 a 20 dias

This is the most in-depth analysis of inequality and social polarization ever attempted for a preindustrial society. It connects the rise of the fiscal-military state to increases in economic inequality in the early modern period, while also adding to contemporary debates about the disparity of wealth.
List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Venetian fiscal system: centre and periphery; 2. The rich and the poor; 3. Economic inequality in the long run; 4. Taxation, redistribution and inequality; Appendix: building regional distributions of wealth for the Republic of Venice and for Veneto; Archival sources; Printed sources; Bibliography; Index.
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