The Ghost of Namamugi : Charles Lenox Richardson and the Anglo-Satsuma War /
In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent :
Renaissance Books,
2019.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of British imperial expansion in East Asia. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (260 pages): illustrations (some color) |
ISBN: | 9781898823841 |