A thousand-year history of how China’s obsession with silver influenced the country’s financial well-being, global standing, and political stability This revelatory account of the ways in which 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 China’s 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 Empire of Silver - Jin Xu od authora Jin Xu a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Jin Xu |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
384 |
| Rok vydání |
2021 |
| Nakladatelství |
Yale University Press |
