Trust in Troubled Times
Money, Banks, and State-Society Relations in Republican Tianjin
Seiten
2003
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-01080-2 (ISBN)
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-01080-2 (ISBN)
This book traces the development of banking and paper money in republican Tianjin to explore the creation of social trust in financial institutions. Sheehan frames the study around Bian Baimei, a conscientious branch manager of the Bank of China.
This timely book traces the development of banking and paper money in republican Tianjin in order to explore the creation of social trust in financial institutions. Framing the study around Bian Baimei, a conscientious branch manager of the Bank of China, Brett Sheehan analyzes the actions of bankers, officials, and local elites as they tried to overcome political and financial crises and instill trust in the banking system.
After early failures in promoting trust, government authority as a regulator of the financial system gradually increased, peaking in 1935, when the state unified the money supply for the first time in several hundred years. Concurrently, when local elites proved unable to develop successful strategies to make people trust the system, their influence declined. The need for trust in increasingly complex financial arrangements redefined state-society relations, simultaneously enhancing state power and creating new constraints on the actions of both elites and governments.
Trust in Troubled Times is a valuable new perspective on the economic, social, and political history of modern China.
This timely book traces the development of banking and paper money in republican Tianjin in order to explore the creation of social trust in financial institutions. Framing the study around Bian Baimei, a conscientious branch manager of the Bank of China, Brett Sheehan analyzes the actions of bankers, officials, and local elites as they tried to overcome political and financial crises and instill trust in the banking system.
After early failures in promoting trust, government authority as a regulator of the financial system gradually increased, peaking in 1935, when the state unified the money supply for the first time in several hundred years. Concurrently, when local elites proved unable to develop successful strategies to make people trust the system, their influence declined. The need for trust in increasingly complex financial arrangements redefined state-society relations, simultaneously enhancing state power and creating new constraints on the actions of both elites and governments.
Trust in Troubled Times is a valuable new perspective on the economic, social, and political history of modern China.
Brett Sheehan is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern California.
Acknowledgments A Note on Currency Values Introduction 1. Personal Networks and State Needs 2. The 1916 Moratorium on Exchange in Tianjin 3. Local Regulators, Paper Tigers, and Good Citizens 4. The Rules of the Game under Warlord Governments 5. Early Nationalist Rule and a New Environment 6. Trust at a Time of International Crisis Conclusion Appendixes A. Currency Circulation of Tianjin's Modern Banks B. English and Chinese Names of Banks C. The Money Scare Vernacular Song D. Tianjin Bank of China Loans to Governments, 1927 Notes Glossary of Selected Chinese Terms Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.8.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 3 halftones, 1 map, Chinese character glossary |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 549 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-01080-9 / 0674010809 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01080-2 / 9780674010802 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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