Comment le métal blanc a façonné le monde

This is the extraordinary story of how silver shaped the history of our world, from the 16th century to the present day. The silver trade kick-started the global economy, connecting China to the European empires and the Americas, and grew the wealth of cities as diverse as Boston, Hong Kong, Manila and New York. Silver toppled the Ming Dynasty, and opened up a new age of international exchange of treasures and ideas between the East and the West. But it also led to the Opium Wars, and started China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’. And now in the 21st century, China once again finds itself the world’s biggest importer of silver, which fuels its hi-tech industries.

Fourmillant de détails, de personnages, d’anecdotes et de documents, contée par des spécialistes passionnants, historiens en majorité, cette fresque déconstruit avec brio l’ethnocentrisme occidental pour retracer l’histoire économique du point de vue de l’Empire du Milieu, dont elle explicite au passage le nom. Filmée sur trois continents (Asie, Europe, Amérique), elle couvre plus de quatre siècles pour montrer que l’argent a déterminé le destin de plusieurs empires et, surtout, constitué le pivot de la première mondialisation.

Dreiteilige Dokumentation über den Silber-Boom, der, ausgelöst durch China, den Welthandel ab 1581 ins Rollen brachte und Städte wie Hongkong, Sevilla und auch Boston zu ungeahntem Reichtum führte. Der wirtschaftliche Aufschwung sorgte aber auch für Konflikte zwischen dem Reich der Mitte und seinen westlichen Handelspartnern.

English français Deutsch

TheTVDB.com Series ID 367104
Status Ended
First Aired January 1, 2018
Recent January 1, 2018
Average Runtime 60 minutes
Genres Documentary
Original Country France
Original Language French
On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
Favorited This series has been favorited by 9 people.
Created July 19, 2019 by
Administrator admin
Modified August 11, 2022 by
amorenomendez_tvdb mod

Season	From	Episodes
All Seasons
Specials		0
Season 1	January 2018	3
Unassigned Episodes		0

Season	From	To	Episodes
Unassigned Episodes			3

Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.

Season	From	To	Episodes
Season 1			0
Unassigned Episodes			3

No actors for this record.

No artwork of this type.

No lists.

Please log in to view notes.