Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part Ⅰ Problems of Economic Development in the Japanese Empire.- Chapter 2 The Formation of Capitalism in East Asia.- Chapter 3 The Shifting Axis of Specialization within the Japanese Empire: A Study of Railway Distribution of Cereals in Colonial Korea.- Chapter 4 Industrialization and the Rice-Processing Industry in Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895-1945.- Chapter 5 The Peasants' Dilemma: Finance and Fraud Problems in Purchasing Fertilizer in Taiwan (1910-1930s).- Part Ⅱ Book Reviews.- Chapter 6 Review of Nak Nyeon Kim, Nihon Teikokushugika no Chōsen Keizai (The Korean Economy under the Japanese Rule).- Chapter 7 Review of Chaisung Lim, Senji Keizai to Tetsudō Unei (Wartime Economy and Railroad Operations).- Chapter 8 Review of Hirokazu Hirai, Nihon Shokuminchi Zaiseishi Kenkyū (Study on the History of Finance of Japanese Colonial Governments).