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 decentralization in Chinese governance : taxation, tribute, and emigration -- 4. Silver in regional economies and the world economy : East Asia in the sixteenth to 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 centuries -- 9. Overseas Chinese financial networks : Korea, China, and Japan in the late nineteenth century.