Empire of Silver a New Monetary History of China

Empire of Silver a New Monetary History of China

"This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with "white metal" held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China's economic framewor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xu, Jin (Economist) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mosher, Stacy (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven Yale University Press [2021]
Edición:English edition
Temas:
Silver > China > History.
Money > China > History.
Silver coins > China.
Silver ingots > China.
Argent > Chine > Histoire.
Monnaie > Chine > Histoire.
Monnaies d'argent > Chine.
Lingots d'argent > Chine.
Silver.
Money
Silver coins
Silver ingots
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The curse of silver
  • The divergent fate of silver in the east and the west
  • The Song and Yuan dynasties : experimenting with paper currency
  • The Ming dynasty : the silver standard and globalization
  • The late Qing : collapsing in chaos
  • The Republican era : farewell silver, hello inflation.

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