Taxation in Tibetan Societies : Rules, Practices and Discourses / edited by Alice Travers, Peter Schwieger, and Charles Ramble.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Travers, Alice, editor.

Schwieger, Peter, editor.

Ramble, Charles, editor.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; Volume 53.

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; Volume 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--China.

Taxation.

Taxation--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2023]

Summary:

"The study of taxation is fundamental for understanding the construction of Tibetan polities, the nature of their power - often with a marked religious component - and their relationships with their subjects, as well as the consequences of taxation for social stratification. This volume takes the analysis of taxation in Tibetan societies (both under the Ganden Phodrang and beyond it) in new directions, using hitherto unexploited Tibetan-language sources. It pursues the dual objective of advancing our understanding of the organisation of taxation from an institutional perspective and of highlighting the ways in which taxpayers themselves experienced and represented these fiscal systems. Contributors are Saadet Arslan, John Bray, Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy, Berthe Jansen, Diana Lange, Nancy E. Levine, Charles Ramble, Isabelle Riaboff, Peter Schwieger, Alice Travers, and Maria M. Turek"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Note on the Transliteration and Transcription of Tibetan Names and Terms

Figures and Maps

Tables

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Tax System in Central and Far East Tibet Towards the End of the Ganden Phodrang Reign: An Outline of Its Structure and Terminology

Chapter 2 A Perspective on the Ganden Phodrang's Administration of Taxation in the 19th and 20th Centuries Based on Archival Sources

Chapter 3 "When You Count, Everything Is There, and When Everything Is There, Everything Vanishes": A Criticism of Tax Collecting in Ngamring District (rdzong) during the First Half of the 20th Century

Chapter 4 Traditional Taxation Systems in Western Tibet: A Comparative Perspective

Chapter 5 Lam yig-An Official Document Granting Travel Privileges in Tibet

Chapter 6 "My Karma Selected Me to Become a Ferryman": The Role of Waterways and Watercraft in the Corvée Tax System in Pre-1959 Tibet

Chapter 7 Performing Tibetan Opera As khral in the First Half of the 20th Century: In Principle a "Tax", in Experience a Pervasive Obligation

Chapter 8 A Preliminary Investigation Into Monk-Tax: The Concept of grwa khral/btsun khral/ban khral and Its Meanings

Chapter 9 Monastic Obligations, Hat Change and Lhasa Encroachment: Taxation Rights Among Politico-Religious Shifts in the Kingdom of Nangchen

Chapter 10 "By Ancient Custom and Engagements": Trade, Taxes and Diplomacy in Ladakh and Western Tibet between the 17th and 20th Centuries

Chapter 11 Taxes and Corvées in the Manorial and Monastic Estates of Zangskar (Western Himalayas)

Chapter 12 The Fiscal Status of Buddhist and Bönpo Institutions in Mustang (Nepal): A Historical Overview

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Travers, Alice Taxation in Tibetan Societies: Rules, Practices and Discourses

ISBN:

9789004529465

9004529462

OCLC:

1369652779