China Upside Down : : Currency, Society, and Ideologies, 1808-1856 / / Man-houng Lin.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 270
• VerfasserIn: Lin, Man-houng,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2006.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 270.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Some scholars have noted the role of China's demand for silver in shaping the Western dominance of the modern world. This book discusses the interaction of this demand and the early nineteenth-century Latin American independence movements, changes in the world economy, the resulting disruptions in the Qing dynasty and the transformation from the High Qing to modern China.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Global Links: Silver and the World -- A Vulnerable Empire -- Opium: The Culprit? -- Disturbance of the Social Order -- Cultural Resources for Economic Debates -- Monetary Debates and Policies -- Chinese Inspiration and Western Comparison -- The Competition Among Intellectual Models -- The Social Theories of the Two Statecraft Groups -- Classical Studies, Writing Styles, and Statecraft Thought -- The Temporary Victory of the Accommodationist Stance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.