Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theory of Predatory Rule -- Appendix to Chapter 2: Excursus on the Acquisition of Rule -- 3. Creating Compliance -- 4. Revenue Production in Republican Rome -- 5. France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- 6. Introduction of the Income Tax in Eighteenth-Century Britain -- 7. Compliance with the Commonwealth Income Tax in Australia -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: Bringing People Back into the State: A Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M.