Yokohama and the silk trade : how Eastern Japan became the primary economic region of Japan, 1843-1893 /

This study provides a political and economic examination of the impact of the silk trade on nineteenth-century Japan. It analyzes the role of Japan's eastern interior region and the port of Yokohama and argues that the growth of the silk industry was largely responsible for the integration of J...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Makimura, Yasuhiro, 1971- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
Collection:New studies in modern Japan
Sujets:
1600-1918
Silk industry > Japan > Yokohama-shi > History > 19th century.
Soie > Industrie > Japon > Yokohama > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Commerce
Economic history
Silk industry
Japan > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Japan > Economic conditions > 1600-1868.
Japan > Economic conditions > 1868-1918.
Japon > Conditions économiques > 1600-1868.
Japon > Conditions économiques > 1868-1918.
Japan
Japan > Yokohama-shi
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The early modern Japanese economy
  • The failure of the temp? : reforms and the opening of Yokohama
  • The first merchant of Yokohama
  • Bakumatsu Japan's trade and Yokohama's place in that trade
  • Yokohama and its hinterland
  • The producers of Eastern Japan
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Japan's exports and imports since 1860
  • Appendix 2: Exports in silk goods and tea, with total exports
  • Appendix 3: Exports in cotton goods, copper, and rice, with total exports
  • Appendix 4: Each export good as a percentage of total exports
  • Bibliography
  • About the author.

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