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The American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan /

American merchants established trading firms in the ports of Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki which operated from 1859-1899 until the repeal of the Unequal Treaties. Members of a privileged, semi-colonial community, the merchants formed the largest group of Americans in 19th century Japan. In this first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, Kevin C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. From frenzy to insecurity : the contours of trade
  • 2. Life on the edge : treaty port society
  • 3. Formal power, actual dependence : consuls as intermediaries
  • 4. Business by proxy : Bantos and compradores
  • 5. The price of isolation : external pressures.