عنوان

Colonial taxation in Africa. A fiscal history of the Congo through the lens of customs (1886-1914)

Number

LA107832

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Colonial taxation in Africa. A fiscal history of the Congo through the lens of customs (1886-1914)

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Bas De Roo

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

"Every colonial state in Africa faced the fiscal challenge of ruling vast, inaccessible and thinly populated territories that produced relatively little taxable wealth, without metropolitan grants-in-aid and with limited access to international bond markets. How colonial states dealt with this challenge determined how much resources could be invested in the administration of African colonies and how the colonizer interacted with the colonized. As such, taxation fundamentally shaped colonial rule. Thus far, most scholars have either studied the practice of "native" taxation or the general spending and revenue-raising patterns of colonial administrations. This thesis shines a new light on the fiscal history of colonial Africa - as well as the colonial history of the Congo - by focusing on customs, the second fiscal pillar on which African colonial states were founded. Every colonial state in Africa faced the fiscal challenge of ruling vast, inaccessible and thinly populated territories that produced relatively little taxable wealth, without metropolitan grants-in-aid and with limited access to international bond markets. How colonial states dealt with this challenge determined how much resources could be invested in the administration of African colonies and how the colonizer interacted with the colonized. As such, taxation fundamentally shaped colonial rule. Thus far, most scholars have either studied the practice of "native" taxation or the general spending and revenue-raising patterns of colonial administrations. This thesis shines a new light on the fiscal history of colonial Africa - as well as the colonial history of the Congo - by focusing on customs, the second fiscal pillar on which African colonial states were founded."

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

61-65

Title

Afrika Focus

Volume Number

30/2

International Standard Serial Number

2031-356X

Subject Term

Belgian Congo

Subject Term

colonial history

Subject Term

Congo Free State

Subject Term

fiscal history

Bas De Roo

Call Number

10.1163/2031356X-03002006

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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Y