Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. FIGURES xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. THE CHINESE MONETARY SYSTEM
7. CHAPTER I. Principal Characteristics of the Chinese Monetary System 25
8. CHAPTER II. The Cash Sector 51
9. CHAPTER III. The Silver Sector 69
10. CHAPTER IV. Banking and the Monetary System 91
11. PART II. STUDIES IN MONETARY HISTORY
12. CHAPTER V. Ch’ing Monetary Institutions and Policy 121
13. CHAPTER VI. The Hsien-feng Period – A Case Study 144
14. CHAPTER VII. Treaty-Port Monetary Problems 164
15. CHAPTER VIII. The Haikwan Tael 189
16. CHAPTER IX. Monetary Reform and the Mint Question 211
17. CONCLUSION. The Monetary System and China's Economic Development 229
18. Appendix. Suggestions for Standardization 241
19. NOTES 249
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
21. GLOSSARY 316
22. Index 321
23. HARVARD EAST ASIAN SERIES 331