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Opening a window to the West : the foreign concession at Kobe, Japan, 1868-1899 /

The first book-length study of Kōbe's Foreign Concession, Opening a Window to the West situates Kōbe within the larger pattern of globalization occurring throughout East Asia in the nineteenth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ennals, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014], ©2014.
Colección:Japan and global society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage : the role of ports in the encounter between East and West in Japan
  • The creation of Kōbe's foreign concession
  • Establishing municipal government and services in the concession
  • Forging an economy : the basis for mercantile trade
  • Finding a mercantile staple for Kōbe : the tea and silk trades
  • The morphology of the settlement and the development of a pleasing townscape
  • Life at the end of the world : forming an expatriate society in Kōbe
  • Measuring success in the concession.