@article{oai:stars.repo.nii.ac.jp:00009353,
 author = {一ノ瀬, 篤 and ICHINOSE, Atsushi},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {桃山学院大学経済経営論集, ST.ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS REVIEW},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper made clear, first, the weight of the import value of tea in the
British economy and the social position of tea in Britain before the Opium
Wars using concrete statistical figures. Secondly, on the driving force of the
opium policy, which was vigorously implemented starting from the 4th
quarter of the 18th century, we enumerated some factors which seemed to
have brought about the policy and examined them carefully. The outflow of
silver to the East resulting from imports of tea etc., produced appreciation
in the price of silver, which could have brought about three problems. The
most important of the three was the disturbance in the circulation of silver
coins. But after examination, we concluded that the desire to correct the
disturbance in circulation was not so strong enough to adopt the opium
policy. Nor were the remaining two (a plausible exchange loss and the rise
of cost of silverware) powerful enough to act as the driving force of the
opium policy. In the final analysis, we came to the conclusion that the
primary factor was Britain’s (the East India Company’s) urge to pull out
the frozen purchasing power embodied in the silver (obtained from sales of
tea) that China retained within her own land. We should say this urge was
amplified and realized by the existence of the East India Company, a
chartered monopolistic body whose trading territory was restricted to
Asia. Lastly, adding to the problem of the silver outflow above, we should
note that, though the import of tea contributed to the establishment of the
world’s earliest gold standard (around 1750) by Britain, the degree of
contribution was not particularly outstanding, as tea was only a moderate
item in terms of import value among Oriental products until around 1750.},
 pages = {347--378},
 title = {アヘン戦争前の英国茶貿易},
 volume = {62},
 year = {2021},
 yomi = {イチノセ, アツシ}
}