Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. CREDIT CRISES IN THE RISE OF THE MODERN FISCAL STATE 24
6. 2. ENGLAND’S PATH, 1642–1752 51
7. 3. THE RAPID CENTRALIZATION OF PUBLIC FINANCE IN JAPAN, 1868–1880 78
8. 4. THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN FISCAL STATE IN JAPAN, 1880–1895 105
9. 5. ECONOMIC DISRUPTION AND THE FAILURE OF PAPER MONEY IN CHINA, 1851–1864 131
10. 6. THE PERSISTENCE OF FISCAL DE CENTRALIZAION IN CHINA, 1864–1911 153
11. CONCLUSION 180
12. NOTES 189
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 259
14. INDEX 301