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Silk Silver Opium
- The Trade with China that Changed History
- Written by: Michael Pembroke
- Narrated by: Michael Pembroke
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable – war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the product of its past interactions, conflicts, victories and humiliations.
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Silk Silver Opium
- The Trade with China that Changed History
- Narrated by: Michael Pembroke
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release Date: 01-09-25
- Language: English
- Asia · China · Economics
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₹664.00 or free with 30-day trial
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Empire of Silver
- A New Monetary History of China
- Written by: Jin Xu
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China’s economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the 16th century. However, due to the early adoption of paper money in China, silver was not formed into coins but became a cumbersome “weighing currency”....
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Empire of Silver
- A New Monetary History of China
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
- Asia · China · Economic History
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₹1,407.00 or free with 30-day trial
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