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China upside down : currency, society, and ideologies, 1808-1856 /
Some scholars have noted the role of China's demand for silver in shaping the Western dominance of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early nineteenth-century Latin American independence movements, changes in the world economy, the resulting disruptions...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2006.
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| Colección: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
270. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Some scholars have noted the role of China's demand for silver in shaping the Western dominance of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early nineteenth-century Latin American independence movements, changes in the world economy, the resulting disruptions in the Qing dynasty and the transformation from the High Qing to modern China. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 362 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781684174386 1684174384 0674022688 9780674022683 |