W. P. J. Hall originally compiled this bibliography as an aid for his own research on the Chinese economy and Sino–Japanese trading relations. Now offered as an invaluable guide for the scholars of China’s economy, the volume is divided into eleven sections. An extensive subject index and a complete listing of the contents of each book enables the non–Japanese-speaking reader to easily locate and have translated a specific number of pages on a particular topic.

The present volume is a supplement, equal in size and scope, to the volume published in 1955, Japanese Studies of Modern China, by John K. Fairbank, Masataka Banno, and Sumiko Yamamoto. Summaries and critical evaluations of more than one thousand books and articles are arranged by topics. There is a comprehensive general index and a special character index to establish the correct readings of the names of Japanese authors.

The present volume is a supplement, equal in size and scope, to the volume published in 1955, Japanese Studies of Modern China, by John K. Fairbank, Masataka Banno, and Sumiko Yamamoto. Summaries and critical evaluations of more than one thousand books and articles are arranged by topics. There is a comprehensive general index and a special character index to establish the correct readings of the names of Japanese authors.