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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Empire of Western Xia and the Tangut Economy -- 1 Natural Conditions of Western Xia -- 2 Dangxiang People and Their Economy before the Tangut Empire -- 3 Founding of Western Xia and Its Economy -- 4 Tangut Politics and Economy in the Early Period of Western Xia -- 5 Tangut Politics and Economy in the Middle Period of Western Xia -- 6 Tangut Politics and Economy in the Late Period of Western Xia -- Chapter 2 Economic Records in the Corpus of Tangut Manuscripts -- 1 Economic Regulations in the Laws of Heavenly Prosperity -- 1.1 Compilation and Content of the Laws of Heavenly Prosperity -- 1.2 Economic Regulations and Legislations in the Laws of Heavenly Prosperity -- 2 Economic Documents in the Corpus of Tangut Social Documents -- 2.1 Tangut Household Registers and Demographic Records -- 2.2 Tangut Land Taxes -- 2.3 Tangut Accounts of Grains and Properties -- 2.4 Tangut Commercial Documents -- 2.5 Tangut Contracts -- 2.6 Economic Documents in Chinese -- Chapter 3 Tangut Documents of Household Registrations -- 1 Household Registers and Accounts -- 1.1 Household Registers -- 1.2 Household Accounts -- 2 Household Self-Reports (Shoushi) -- 3 Analysis of Khara-Khoto Household Registers -- Chapter 4 Tangut Tax Records -- 1 Accounts of Agricultural Taxes -- 2 Accounts of Land and Forage Taxes -- 2.1 Land, Labour and Forage in Tax Accounts -- 2.2 Receipts of Grain Taxes -- 2.3 Receipts of Increased Taxes on Bundles of Hay -- 2.4 Documents of Land Taxes and Land-Ownership of Peasant Households -- 3 Poll Tax -- 4 Irrigation Tax -- 5 Land Tax Increase and Grain Storage -- 5.1 Procedure of Levying Agricultural Taxes -- 5.2 Burden of Tax on the Peasants -- 5.3 Agricultural Taxes and Grain Storage in Western Xia -- 6 Features of Agricultural Taxes in Western Xia…”

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