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1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Cornell studies in money
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Cornell studies in money.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : Following the Money -- A Primer on the Qing Dynasty Monetary System -- Silver Begins Its Fall : The Global Circulations of the U.S. Trade Dollar, 1873-1887 -- Provincial Silver Coins and the Fragmenting Chinese Monetary System, 1887-1900 -- The Gold-Exchange Standard and Imperial Competition in China, 1901-1905 -- Money and Power on the World's Last "Silver Frontier" : The Currency Reform and Development Loan, 1910-1924 -- The Shanghai Mint and Establishing a Silver Standard in China, 1920-1933 -- The Fabi and the End of the Global Silver Era, 1933-1937. |
Summary |
"For a very long time, silver was money, but in the late nineteenth century, much of the world adopted some variant of the gold standard. China, however, remained the most populous country still using silver, although the country had no unified national currency; there was not one standard, but many: silver coins circulated alongside chunks of silver and every transaction became an "encounter of wits." This book focuses on how officials, policymakers, bankers, merchants, academics, and journalists in China and around the world answered a simple question: how should China change its monetary system? As different governments in China attempted to create a unified monetary standard in the late 19th and early 20th century, imperial powers--the United States, England, and Japan--tried to shape the direction of Chinese monetary reform for their own benefit. This book argues that the Silver Era in World history ended due to the interaction of imperial competition in East Asia and the state-building projects of different governments in China. When the Nationalist government of China went off the silver standard in 1935, it marked not just a key moment in Chinese history, but in world history"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Money -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Money. |
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China. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Money -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Monetary policy -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Monetary policy. |
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Monetary policy -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Coinage -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Coinage. |
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Coinage -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Currency question -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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Currency question. |
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Currency question -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dean, Austin, 1984- China and the end of global silver, 1873-1937. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752414 (DLC) 2020001154 |
ISBN |
9781501752421 electronic book |
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1501752421 electronic book |
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9781501752414 electronic book |
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1501752413 electronic book |
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9781501752407 hardcover |
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