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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Murphy, Kevin C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.