Appendix: Price of Bar Silver in London, 1833–1933

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Notes on Terms, Currencies, Weights, and Measures xiii
6. Introduction: Following the Money 1
7. 1. A Primer on the Qing Dynasty Monetary System 9
8. 2. Silver Begins Its Fall 21
9. 3. Provincial Silver Coins and the Fragmenting Chinese Monetary System, 1887–1900 43
10. 4. The Gold-Exchange Standard and Imperial Competition in China, 1901–1905 63
11. 5. Money and Power on the World’s Last “Silver Frontier” 87
12. 6. The Shanghai Mint and Establishing a Silver Standard in China, 1920–1933 117
13. 7. The Fabi and the End of the Global Silver Era, 1933–1937 147
14. Conclusion: Reflections on the End of Global Silver 180
15. Appendix: Price of Bar Silver in London, 1833–1933 189
16. Chinese and Japanese Character List 191
17. Notes 193
18. Bibliography 227
19. Index 241