Histories of Tax Evasion, Avoidance and Resistance

Shows how different groups and individuals around the globe have succeeded or failed in not paying their due taxes, whether in kind or in cash, on their properties, or on their crops. Addresses questions of tax morale and fairness, and how social and political inequality was negotiated through taxation.

Korinna Schönhärl is the Heisenberg-Professor for Modern History at Paderborn University, Germany.

Gisela Hürlimann is professor of history of technology and economic history at the Technical University (TU) Dresden, Germany.

Dorothea Rohde is a lecturer of ancient history at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.