Asia and the History of the International Economy : Essays in Memory of Peter Mathias

Introduction (A.J.H. Latham) PART I 1. An Interview with Peter Mathias (A.J.H. Latham) PART II 2. Barges and Bargemasters on the Thames in the Eighteenth Century (H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito) 3. Edo and Water (H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito) 4. Consuming Plants: Botany and Consumer Society (Toshio Kusamitsu) 5. Invisible Links: Maritime Trade between Japan and South Asia in the Early Modern Period (Ryuto Shimada) 6. Knowledge and Use of Japanese by the Dutch on Dejima Island, Nagasaki (L.M. Cullen) 7. India's Role in the Industrial Revolution (Heita Kawakatsu) 8. India and the Emergence of the International Economy: A Synopsis (A.J.H. Latham) 9. Steamship Competition in Asia in the Late Nineteenth Century: Britain and the United States (Masami Kita) 10. Reorganization of the Mixed Court System in Shanghai, 1906-1913 (Eiichi Motono) 11. The Dispute over the Quality of Rice Exports from Siam to Europe in the 1920s (Toshiyuki Miyata) 12. Japan's Economic Diplomacy in Colonial Africa during the Inter-war Period: Japanese Consular Reports (Katsuhiko Kitagawa)