Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China by Jin Xu (English) Hardcover

Description: Empire of Silver by Jin Xu, Stacy Mosher A thousand-year history of how Chinas obsession with silver influenced the countrys financial well-being, global standing, and political stability FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 Chinas economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the sixteenth century. However, due to the early adoption of paper money in China, silver was not formed into coins but became a cumbersome "weighing currency," for which ingots had to be constantly examined for weight and purity—an unwieldy practice that lasted for centuries. While Chinas interest in silver spurred new avenues of trade and helped increase the countrys global economic footprint, Jin Xu argues that, in the long run, silver played a key role in the struggles and entanglements that led to the decline of the Chinese empire. Author Biography Jin Xu is senior editor and chief financial commentator at the Financial Times Chinese. She has been a visiting fellow at the University of Tokyo and a Caijing Fellow at Peking University. Review "Makes a good case for how monetary choices can have wider political implications...Its message that Chinas development has been hampered by weak rule of law and a lack of accountability could not be timelier."—Matthew Partridge, Money Week"Empire of Silver is superbly written and a great joy to read. Ingeniously blending literary evidence from materials as diverse as Chinese classical novels with serious academic research, the book gives extraordinary theoretical and historical insights on big questions about politics, money, finance, and the Great Divergence. It is a wonderful book for understanding one thousand years of Chinese monetary history."--Debin Ma, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan "Empire of Silver is a fascinating, in-depth and scholarly work. It traces Chinas obsession with the precious metal for better and for worse over the centuries. Particularly interesting is the relationship between silver and the decline of the Qing dynasty in the 19th century - a passage of history that maintains crucial relevance to the China of today."--James Kynge, author of China Shakes the World Review Quote " Empire of Silver is superbly written and a great joy to read. Ingeniously blending literary evidence from materials as diverse as Chinese classical novels with serious academic research, the book gives extraordinary theoretical and historical insights on big questions about politics, money, finance, and the Great Divergence. It is a wonderful book for understanding one thousand years of Chinese monetary history."--Debin Ma, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan " Empire of Silver is a fascinating, in-depth and scholarly work. It traces Chinas obsession with the precious metal for better and for worse over the centuries. Particularly interesting is the relationship between silver and the decline of the Qing dynasty in the 19th century - a passage of history that maintains crucial relevance to the China of today."--James Kynge, author of China Shakes the World Details ISBN0300250045 Author Stacy Mosher Short Title Empire of Silver Pages 384 Publisher Yale University Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0300250045 ISBN-13 9780300250046 Format Hardcover Subtitle A New Monetary History of China Translator Stacy Mosher DEWEY 332.4951 Imprint Yale University Press Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-04-13 US Release Date 2021-04-13 Publication Date 2021-04-13 UK Release Date 2021-04-13 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-04-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132573633;

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