Description
When European powers annexed parts of Asia, banking systems were an important part of that process. The essays in this edited collection are based on original research using primary sources in English, French, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. The book as a whole provides new insights into banking in imperial Asia and a platform for further research.
Table of Contents
Part I: Th e Specificities of Imperial Banking Introduction: Issues Regarding Asian Imperial Banking 1 French Overseas Banking as an Imperial System: A Background for Asian Developments – Part II: Imperial Banking in China 2 Correspondent Banking Networks and Branch Activities in ‘Imperial Banking’: Th e Russo-Chinese Bank in Shanghai in 1902 3 Competing Imperial Banking: Th e Yokohama Specie Bank and HSBC in China – 1919 as a Watershed? – 4 Native Banking vs Imperial Banking in Early Twentieth-Century China: Th e Formation of the Joint Reserve Board in Shanghai to Foster Credit and Credibility – Tomoko Shiroyama
