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Silver and Gold: A Cycle of Sino-U.S. Monetary Interactions, 1873-1937

Dean, Austin L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468500462

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
This project examines the economic, political and diplomatic history of China and the United States by focusing on the monetary metals of silver and gold. In the 19th century, as many countries, including the United States, went on the gold standard, China remained one of the final places in the world that stayed on the silver standard. At the same time, the United States was a major producer of silver. From the end of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), through the Beiyang period (1912-1927) and into the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937), various Chinese governments debated how to reform its monetary system: whether to stay on silver, to go on gold or to adopt some other monetary arrangement. This dissertation argues that the period between the 1870s and 1930s represents a cycle of monetary interactions between China and the United States. During this period, the chief issues was how to change the Chinese monetary system; after the mid-1930s, the chief issue became how to support and stabilize the new currency, the fabi. This project contributes, chronologically and thematically, to the growing but still small number of English-language works that focus on Chinese monetary history and addresses issues of interest to historians of China, historians of the United States and economic historians.
Christopher Reed, Dr. (Advisor)
Ying Zhang , Dr. (Committee Member)
Steve Conn, Dr. (Committee Member)
Jennifer Siegel, Dr. (Committee Member)
379 p.
History
Chinese History; United States History; Economic History; Currency; Silver; Gold

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  • Dean, A. L. (2016). Silver and Gold: A Cycle of Sino-U.S. Monetary Interactions, 1873-1937 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468500462

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dean, Austin. Silver and Gold: A Cycle of Sino-U.S. Monetary Interactions, 1873-1937 . 2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468500462.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dean, Austin. "Silver and Gold: A Cycle of Sino-U.S. Monetary Interactions, 1873-1937 ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468500462

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