Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. The Theory of Predatory Rule 10
6. 3. Creating Compliance 48
7. 4. Revenue Production in Republican Rome 71
8. 5. France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 95
9. 6. Introduction of the Income Tax in Eighteenth- Century Britain 122
10. 7. Compliance with the Commonwealth Income Tax in Australia 145
11. 8. Conclusion 175
12. Appendix: Bringing People Back into the State. A Bibliographical Essay 185
13. Bibliography 205
14. Index 247