Trust in Troubled Times: Money, Banks, and State-Society Relations in Republican Tianjin

by Brett Sheehan

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674010809
• ISBN13: 9780674010802
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.6"