Holme, Ringer & Company: the rise and fall of a British enterprise in Japan (1868-1940)

Preliminary Material -- Beginnings in England and China -- Revival of British Commercial Activity in Japan -- Establishment and Growth of Holme, Ringer and Company -- Family Affairs -- Economic Expansion -- The Dream Hotel -- Whaling and Fishing -- Wuriu Shokwai and the Shimonoseki Connection -- The Second Generation -- Roaring Twenties, Souring Thirties -- Dogs of War -- Mountains and Rivers Remain -- Bibliography -- Appendix I: Ringer Family Tree -- Appendix II: Holme, Ringer and Company (Wuriu Shokwai) Agency list for 1918 -- Index.

Preliminary Material -- Beginnings in England and China -- Revival of British Commercial Activity in Japan -- Establishment and Growth of Holme, Ringer and Company -- Family Affairs -- Economic Expansion -- The Dream Hotel -- Whaling and Fishing -- Wuriu Shokwai and the Shimonoseki Connection -- The Second Generation -- Roaring Twenties, Souring Thirties -- Dogs of War -- Mountains and Rivers Remain -- Bibliography -- Appendix I: Ringer Family Tree -- Appendix II: Holme, Ringer and Company (Wuriu Shokwai) Agency list for 1918 -- Index.