Author Description

Introduction / A.j.h. Latham -- An Interview With Peter Mathias / A.j.h. Latham -- Barges And Bargemasters On The Thames In The Eighteenth Century / H.i.h. Crown Prince Naruhito -- Edo And Water / H.i.h. Crown Prince Naruhito -- Consuming Plants: Botany And Consumer Society / Toshio Kusamitsu -- Invisible Links: Maritime Trade Between Japan And South Asia In The Early Modern Period / Ryuto Shimada -- Knowledge And Use Of Japanese By The Dutch On Dejima Island, Nagasaki / L.m. Cullen -- India's Role In The Industrial Revolution / Heita Kawakatsu -- India And The Emergence Of The International Economy: A Synopsis / A.j.h. Latham -- Steamship Competition In Asia In The Late Nineteenth Century: Britain And The United States / Masami Kita -- Reorganization Of The Mixed Court System In Shanghai, 1906-1913 / Eiichi Motono -- The Dispute Over The Quality Of Rice Exports From Siam To Europe In The 1920s / Toshiyuki Miyata -- Japan's Economic Diplomacy In Colonial Africa During The Inter-war Period: Japanese Consular Reports / Katsuhiko Kitagawa. Edited By A.j.h. Latham And Heita Kawakatsu; With Special Contributions From H.h. Crown Prince Naruhito. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.