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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2003.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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.


