TTLV: New World silver sources and China's socio-economic transformation (1571-1700)

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THI MINH NGUYET

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: December 22, 1990

4. Place of birth: Quang Uyen, Cao Bang

5. Decision on recognition of students No: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH; December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: None

7. Thesis topic name:New World Silver Sources and China's Socio-Economic Transformations (1571-1700)

8. Major: World History; Code: 60 22 03 01

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Department of History - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results: Through studying the flow of New World silver through Manila into China from 1571 to 1700, the thesis analyzes and clarifies the relationship between New World silver trade and its impact on China's socio-economic landscape. These impacts are manifested through economic factors (prices, exchange rates, industrial structure, etc.), social factors (population, labor, etc.), and other notable changes. Furthermore, the thesis utilizes new perspectives to explain the trend of global trade integration in the early modern period through direct silver trade between Manila (Philippines) and China.

11. Practical applications (if any): Yes

12. Future research directions: Yes

13. Published works related to the thesis:

- Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2012), “Manila and the Silver Flow of the New World in the 16th-17th Centuries”,Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, No. 7 (148), pp. 10-18. 

- Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (May., 2013), “Discussing about statement: “Population growth is the main obstacle to development””, in Culture Studies and Development Studies by HiOA (Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Hoian, Vietnam

- Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2014), “The Impact of the Manila Silver Flow (Philippines) on the Socio-Economic Transformation of China in the 16th-17th Centuries”, Report presented at: Scientific Conference of Young Faculty Members, Postgraduate Students and Doctoral Candidates, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

- Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2014), “Socio-economic transformations of China under the impact of the New World silver flow in the 16th-18th centuries”,Journal of Southeast Asian Studies,(Coming soon).

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN THI MINH NGUYET 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 22/12/1990 4. Place of birth: Quang Uyen, Cao Bang

5. Admission decision number: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH; Dated: December 28, 2014

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:The New World's Silver and the Chinese Socio - Economic Transformations (1571-1700)

8. Major: World History 9. Code: 60 22 03 01

10. Supervisors: Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan - Associate Professor of History - Deputy Dean, Faculty of History - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: By researching New World's silver via Manila to China from 1571 to 1700, thesis demonstrates an overview of the New World silver commercial relationship and its impact to Chinese socio-economic transformations. Through utilizing new perspectives, those impacts will be explained in details by economic factors (rising prices, bimetallic ratio gold and silver, structure of jobs...), social factors (demography, labors, livelihoods...), and other changes to emphasize the important role of silver to China in general and the New world silver flow via Manila in particular during the early modern period.

12. Practical applicability: Yes

13. Further research directions: Yes

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2012): “Manila and the New World Silver Flow from Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries” (in Vietnamese),Journal of Southeast Asia Studies, Hanoi, Vol. (148), July 2012, pp. 10 – 18.

- Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (May., 2013), “Discussing about statement: “Population growth is the main obstacle to development””, in Culture Studies and Development Studies by HiOA (Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Hoian, Vietnam.

- Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2014), “Impact of New World's silver via Manila (Philippines) to Chinese Socio-Economy from Sixteenth to Seventeenth Century”,paper presented in: HDR2014 at University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi.

- Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (2014): “New World's silver and China's Economic Transformation, 16^th- 18^thCenturies”, (in Vietnamese),Journal of Historical Studies, Hanoi (forthcoming).