Building Local States

"In both the Nanjing decade of Guomindang rule (1927-37) and the early post-Mao reform era (1980-92), both national and local factors shaped local state building and created variations in local state structures and practices. This book focuses on one key area of the state, taxation and public finance, to trace the processes of local state building in these two eras. Using the records of local tax and finance offices in the Tianjin area and in Guangdong province, the author maps the process by which these county-level offices grew, reached downward and outward, and took on more tasks." "This…