Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim

1 INTRODUCTION: THE PACIFIC RIM'S PAST DESERVES A FUTURE Part I Overviews of the Pacific Rim 2 NO EMPTY OCEAN: TRADE AND INTERACTION ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 3 COMING FULL CIRCLE: A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON THE PACIFIC RIM 4 PERIPHERALIZING THE CENTER: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ISLAND MICRO-STATES 5 FROM MAGELLAN TO MITI: PACIFIC RIM ECONOMIES AND PACIFIC ISLAND ECOLOGIES SINCE 1521 6 THE AMERICAN PACIFIC: WHERE THE WEST WAS ALSO WON Part II Selected Economic Issues in Pacific Rim History 7 THE FRENCH PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND CALIFORNIA, 1700-1850 8 'EASTWARDS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE': BRITISH OVERSEAS BANKING IN THE PACIFIC RIM, 1830-70 9 THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG NINETEENTH-CENTURY PACIFIC TRADE STATISTICS: THE EMERGENCE OF ASIAN DYNAMISM 10 CHINESE VIEWS OF THE MONEY SUPPLY AND FOREIGN TRADE, 1400-1850 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY IN TAIWAN DURING THE JAPANESE COLONIAL OCCUPATION, 1895-1945 12 TRADE, INSTITUTIONS, AND LAW: THE EXPERIENCE OF MEXICAN CALIFORNIA 13 CALIFORNIA QUICKSILVER IN THE PACIFIC RIM ECONOMY, 1850-90 14 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PACIFIC RIM TIMBER TRADE: AN OVERVIEW