'Linsun Cheng's Banking in Modern China is certainly the best study of modern Chinese banking to appear in English. With unprecedented access to archival sources in China, and thorough use of sources in the West including the Columbia University oral histories, Cheng's work is definitive. … At a time when China faces a major crisis in reforming its banking system, this work is essential reading for students of modern Chinese history and political economy.' Parks Coble, University of Nebraska

• List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The coming of a new force (1897–1911); 2. Expansion, concentration and privatization (1912–27); 3. The 'golden age' and its sudden end (1927–37); 4. Government debts and modern banks; 5. Traditions and innovations I; 6. Traditions and innovations II; 7. Modern enterprises, professional managers and the entrepreneurs with Chinese characteristics; 8. Conclusion; Appendixes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'Linsun Cheng's Banking in Modern China is certainly the best study of modern Chinese banking to appear in English. With unprecedented access to archival sources in China, and thorough use of sources in the West including the Columbia University oral histories, Cheng's work is definitive. … At a time when China faces a major crisis in reforming its banking system, this work is essential reading for students of modern Chinese history and political economy.' Parks Coble, University of Nebraska

• List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The coming of a new force (1897–1911); 2. Expansion, concentration and privatization (1912–27); 3. The 'golden age' and its sudden end (1927–37); 4. Government debts and modern banks; 5. Traditions and innovations I; 6. Traditions and innovations II; 7. Modern enterprises, professional managers and the entrepreneurs with Chinese characteristics; 8. Conclusion; Appendixes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'Linsun Cheng's Banking in Modern China is certainly the best study of modern Chinese banking to appear in English. With unprecedented access to archival sources in China, and thorough use of sources in the West including the Columbia University oral histories, Cheng's work is definitive. … At a time when China faces a major crisis in reforming its banking system, this work is essential reading for students of modern Chinese history and political economy.' Parks Coble, University of Nebraska

• List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The coming of a new force (1897–1911); 2. Expansion, concentration and privatization (1912–27); 3. The 'golden age' and its sudden end (1927–37); 4. Government debts and modern banks; 5. Traditions and innovations I; 6. Traditions and innovations II; 7. Modern enterprises, professional managers and the entrepreneurs with Chinese characteristics; 8. Conclusion; Appendixes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.