In search of power and credibility : essays on Chinese monetary history (1851-1945)
In many respects, the mid-nineteenth century marks the beginning of China’s modern history: the Opium War (1839-42) and domestic turbulence compelled Chinese statesmen to realise that the old state apparatus was no longer able to cope with the changing world. However the pursuit of greater state cap...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2015
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