The origin of likin (1853-1864)
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. 4to, pp. [8], 201, [1]; typescript text, gray still card backed in red cloth, owner's signature of Mark Selden on title page, near fine. Originally published as a dissertation in 1948, it was republished as "the farthest point of progress in the Western study of the origin of the likin revenue system." Likin is a former Chinese provincial tax at inland stations on imports or articles in transit. Item #63278
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