Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Notes on Terms, Currencies, Weights, and Measures
Introduction: Following the Money
1. A Primer on the Qing Dynasty Monetary System
2. Silver Begins Its Fall
3. Provincial Silver Coins and the Fragmenting Chinese Monetary System, 1887-1900
4. The Gold-Exchange Standard and Imperial Competition in China, 1901-1905
5. Money and Power on the World's Last "Silver Frontier"
6. The Shanghai Mint and Establishing a Silver Standard in China, 1920-1933
7. The Fabi and the End of the Global Silver Era, 1933-1937
Conclusion: Reflections on the End of Global Silver
Appendix: Price of Bar Silver in London, 1833-1933
Chinese and Japanese Character List
Notes
Bibliography
Index