China and the End of Global Silver, 1873-1937
Document Type
Monograph
Publication Date
11-15-2020
Publisher
Cornell University Press
First page number:
1
Last page number:
264
Abstract
In the late nineteenth century, as much of the world adopted some variant of the gold standard, China remained the most populous country still using silver. Yet China had no unified national currency; there was not one monetary standard but many. Silver coins circulated alongside chunks of silver and every transaction became an "encounter of wits."
Controlled Subject
China
Disciplines
Chinese Studies
Repository Citation
Dean, A.
(2020).
China and the End of Global Silver, 1873-1937.
1-264.
Cornell University Press.