Chinese money in global context : historic junctures between 600 BCE and 2012 / Niv Horesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horesh, Niv.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money--China--History.

Money.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese Money in Global Context: Historic Junctures Between 600 BCE and 2012 offers a groundbreaking interpretation of the Chinese monetary system, charting its evolution by examining key moments in history and placing them in international perspective. Expertly navigating primary sources in multiple languages and across three millennia, Niv Horesh explores the trajectory of Chinese currency from the birth of coinage to the current global financial crisis. His narrative highlights the way that Chinese money developed in relation to the currencies of other countries, paying special attention to the origins of paper money; the relationship between the West's ascendancy and its mineral riches; the linkages between pre-modern finance and political economy; and looking ahead to the possible globalization of the RMB, the currency of the People's Republic of China. This analysis casts new light on the legacy of China's financial system both retrospectively and at present—when China's global influence looms large.

Contents:

A common origin for coinage?

From coinage to paper money : the origins and evolution of Chinese and western banknotes in comparison

The great money divergence : European and Chinese coinage before the age of steam

Paper money in Qing China : exactly how common and reliable was it by the early 20th century ?

British banknote issuance in China : cross-imperial connections

Japanese colonial banking and monetary reform : China, Korea and Taiwan, 1879-1937

Will the RMB go global?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804788540

0804788545

OCLC:

870345078