Realms of Silver

Preface by W. R. Cockburn Author's Note 1. The East India Company 2. John Company's Opposition 3. India 4. The Suez Canal 5. China 6. China; The Bank in Hong Kong 7. Burma 8. Japan 9. The Straits Settlements 10. Indonesia 11. The Philippines 12. The City of London in Victorian Times 13. J. H. Gwyther 14. The Bank Between 1890 and 1914 15. The Abandonment of the Silver Standard 16. Siam and Indo-China 17. The Silver Standard and Exchange Business in China 18. Economic Development in the East Before 1914 19. The First World War 20. Between the World Wars 21. The Great Depression 22. Shanghai in 1937 23. The Second World War in the East 24. The East Since 1945 Appendices Index