Acknowledgments . . xii
Contributors . . ix

1. Modern China's Treaty Port Economy in Institutional Perspective: An Introductory Essay . . 1

PART ONE: Institutional Change and Economic Growth 
2. The Rise of Modern Shanghai, 1900-1936: An Institutional Perspective . . 33
3. The Shanghai Real Estate Market and Capital Investment, 1860-1936 . . 47
4. The Rice and Wheat Flour Market Economies in the Lower Yangzi, 1900-1936 . . 75
5. The Regional Development of Wei County's Cotton Textile Market Economy, 1920-1937 . . 96
6. Chinese Farmer Rationality and the Agrarian Economy of the Lower Yangzi in the 1930s . . 118

PART TWO: Dynamics in Institutional Change 
7. Traditional Land Rights in Hong Kong's New Territories . . 147
8. Chinese Enterprises across Cultures: The Hong Kong Business Experience in the Early Twentieth Century . . 172
9. Legalization of Chinese Corporation, 1904-1929: Innovation and Continuity in Rules and Legislation . . 186

Bibliography . . 211
Index . . 249