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Asian Imperial Banking History Editors: Hubert Bonin, Nuno Valério and Kazuhiko Yago When European powers began annexing parts of Asia, the establishment of banking systems was 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.

Banking, Money and International Finance: 3 240pp: 234x156mm: December 2014 HB 978 1 84893 551 8: £75/$120

Contents

Appendix 4.1

Part I: The Specificities of Imperial Banking

Appendix 4.2

Introduction: Issues Regarding Asian Imperial Banking –

Appendix 4.3

Hubert Bonin

Appendix 4.4

1 French Overseas Banking as an Imperial System: A

5 British Banks and the Chinese Indigenous Economy: The

Background for Asian Developments – Hubert Bonin

Business of the Shanghai Branch of the Chartered Bank of

Part II: Imperial Banking in China

India, Australia and China (1913–37) – Man-han Siu

2 Correspondent Banking Networks and Branch Activities in

Part III: Imperial Banking and Imperialism

‘Imperial Banking’: The Russo-Chinese Bank in Shanghai,

6 Russian and Soviet Imperial Banking in Asia in the 1910s

1902 – Kazuhiko Yago

and 1920s – Sofya Salomatina

3 Competing Imperial Banking: The Yokohama Specie Bank

7 Challenging Imperial Banking in India: From the Legacy of

and HSBC in China – 1919 as a Watershed? – Niv Horesh

Empire to Nationalistic Rules – Ashok Kapoor

4 Native Banking vs Imperial Banking in Early Twentieth-

Conclusion – Hubert Bonin

Century China: The Formation of the Joint Reserve Board in Shanghai to Foster Credit and Credibility – Tomoko Shiroyama

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