Shanghai's Bund and Beyond: British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937 (Yale Series in Economic History) (Yale Series in Economic History (YUP))

by NHoresh (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $79.49

  As China emerges as a global powerhouse, this book examines its economic past and the shaping of its financial institutions. Offering a comparative study of foreign banking in prewar China, it surveys the impact of British overseas bank notes on China's economy before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.