Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China by Jin Xu

Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China

Jin Xu with Stacy Mosher (Translator)

384 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics history informative medium-paced
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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 cent...

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