China During the Great Depression : Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 /

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The aim of this book is not merely to show that China could not escape the consequences of the Great Depression - in her case it led to a slump and forced her to adopt a new monetary system - but also to offer a new perspective for understanding Chinese history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shiroyama, Tomoko, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Börskraschen 1929 > Kina.
Depression (ekonomi)
Wirtschaft
Financial crises.
Economic history.
Depressions.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Crises economiques > 1929 > Chine.
Financial crises > China.
Depressions > 1929 > China.
Kina > ekonomiska förhållanden.
China
China.
Chine > Conditions economiques > 1912-1949.
China > Economic conditions > 1912-1949.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: China in the silver standard influences of the international monetary system
  • pt. I: The years of inflation and laissez-faire: economic trends prior to 1931. The silver standard: China in the international monetary system ; The coming of industrialization: the textile industry in the lower Yangzi Delta ; Companies in debt: the capital accumulation problem
  • pt. II: The depression years, 1931-1937: the transformation of economics and politics. The agrarian depression ; Businesses in a slump ; The Shanghai financial crisis, 1934-1935 ; Coping with the crisis: the currency reform of November 1935 ; Reaches and limitations: economic policies and the nationalist government reconsidered
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Estimates of China's international balance of payments.

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