China, East Asia and the Global Economy Regional and Historical Perspectives

1. Editors' Introduction: New Perspectives on China, East Asia and the Global Economy 2. The Tribute Trade System and Modern Asia 3. Despotism and Decentralisation in Chinese Governance: Taxation, Tribute and Emigration 4. Silver in Regional Economies and the World Economy: East Asia in the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries 5. The Ryukyu Maritime Network from the Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia 6. Maritime Asia and Treaty Port Networks in the Era of Negotiation. Tribute and Treaties, 1800-1900 7. Foreign Trade Finance in China: Silver, Opium, and World Market Incorporation, 1820s to 1850s 8. China and Hong Kong in the British Empire in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century 9. Overseas Chinese Financial Networks: Korea, China and Japan in the Late Nineteenth Century