Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The Development of International Banking in Asia (Ayumu Sugawara, Takeshi Nishimura).- 2 International Financial Centres in Europe and Asia, 1900 – 2000 (Youssef Cassis).- 3 From Silver to Gold: The Currency Reforms in Asia before 1914 (Takeshi Nishimura).- 4 British International Banking (Masashi Kitabayashi).- 5 British Overseas Banks’ Activities in the London Financial Market before the First World War from a View Point of Bill Transactions (Toshio Suzuki).- 6 A Case Study on British International Banks: The London Office of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1875-1889            (Manhan Siu).- 7 French International Banking: a historical survey (Kazuhiko Yago).- 8 French trade and banking footholds in Hankow/Wuhan Challenging British hegemony up the Yangtze (1903 to 1920) (Hubert Bonin).- 9 German International Banks in East Asia (1889–1913) (Motoaki Akagawa).- 10 American International Banking inAsia: The Case of IBC in China (Ayumu Sugawara).- 11 Japanese International Banking (Makoto Kasuya).- 12 Chinese International Banking  (Tomoko Shiroyama).- Index.