上下冊共收錄四十七篇,及附錄二篇。
1. The Structural Approach to Modern Chinese History-Ray Huang。
2.謝肇淛的史學-吳智和
3.Some Trends in the English-Language Historiography of Republican China-Andrew J. Nathan
4.清聖組廢儲考原-陳捷先
5.三論明清美洲白銀的輸入中國-全漢昇
6.The State and Commerce in Ming and Ching Times:The Brokerage System-Lolyd E. Eastman
7.土地開發與客商活動-明代中期江南地主之投資活動-濱島教授等篇。