Quote from cvds16:
Well the least you can say Wallace you caused a lot of confusion by starting the thread with the history of forex and mentioning China and the rest later on.
Here is the book i wanted to mention, it's in german, havent found the english version. It tells the personal story about Andre Kostolany and the forex speculations he was part of in the previous century.
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/343015636X/ref=ase_arkadigorskitaba/302-9472734-5654445