Metals and Monies in an Emerging Global Economy

Dennis O. Flynn, Pacific World History Institute, USA, Arturo Giraldez, University of the Pacific, USA.

Contents: Introduction: monetary substances in global perspective; Source areas: Silver production in central Europe, 1450-1618, John U. Nef; Una forma de oposición: el contrabando, Zacarías Moutoukias; The production and uses of gold and silver in 16th- and 17th-century Japan, A. Kobata; Exports of Japan’s silver to China via Korea and changes in the Tokugawa monetary system during the 17th and 18th centuries, Tashiro Kazui; The Dutch East India Company's trade in Japanese copper, 1645-1736, Kristof Glamann; A note on the relative importance of slaves and gold in west African exports, Richard Bean; End markets: International bullion flows and the Chinese economy circa 1530-1650, William S. Atwell; Silver and the fall of the Ming: a reassessment, Brian Moloughney and Xia Weizhong; The Cowrie currencies of West Africa, Marion Johnson; A history of money in Asian perspective, Frank Perlin; Born with a ’silver spoon’: the origin of world trade in 1571, Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez; Intermediary trade routes: Trade between China, the Philippines and the Americas during the 16th and 17th centuries, Chuan Hang-Sheng; Amsterdam, marché mondial des métaux précieux au XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, J.-G. Van Dillen; World silver flows and monetary factors as a force of international economic integration, 1658-1758, K. N. Chaudhuri; The disintegration of the Ottoman monetary system during the 17th century, Sevket Pamuk; Imports of treasure and Surat’s trade in the 17th century, V. B. Gupta; Index.