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Maiden voyage : the Senzaimaru and the creation of modern Sino-Japanese relations /

"After centuries of virtual isolation, during which time international sea travel was forbidden outside of Japan's immediate fishing shores, Japanese shogunal authorities in 1862 made the unprecedented decision to launch an official delegation to China by sea. Concerned by the fast-changin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fogel, Joshua A., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Situating 1862 in history and Shanghai in 1862
  • The Armistice, Shanghai, and the facilitator
  • Japanese plans and the scene in Nagasaki
  • Getting to Nagasaki, loading cargo, and the voyage to Shanghai
  • Coming to terms with the city of Shanghai and its inhabitants
  • Westerners in Shanghai: the Chinese Malaise
  • Opium, Christianity, and the Taipings
  • Dealings with the Chinese authorities
  • Preparing for the trip home
  • Subsequent missions to China in the late Edo period
  • The Senzaimaru in fiction and film
  • Conclusion: The Senzaimaru in history.