Opening a window to the West : the foreign concession at Kobe, Japan, 1868-1899 /

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The first book-length study of Kōbe's Foreign Concession, Opening a Window to the West situates Kōbe within the larger pattern of globalization occurring throughout East Asia in the nineteenth century.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ennals, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014], ©2014.
Series:Japan and global society.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Concessions > Japan > Kōbe-shi > History > 19th century.
Land use > Japan > Kōbe-shi > History > 19th century.
Concessions (Droit administratif) > Japon > Kōbe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Utilisation du sol > Japon > Kōbe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Commerce.
Concessions.
Economic history.
Historical geography.
Land use.
Social conditions.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Historical geography.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Kōbe (Japon) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Kōbe (Japon) > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Kōbe (Japon) > Géographie historique.
Kōbe (Japon) > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Japan > Kōbe-shi.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage : the role of ports in the encounter between East and West in Japan
  • The creation of Kōbe's foreign concession
  • Establishing municipal government and services in the concession
  • Forging an economy : the basis for mercantile trade
  • Finding a mercantile staple for Kōbe : the tea and silk trades
  • The morphology of the settlement and the development of a pleasing townscape
  • Life at the end of the world : forming an expatriate society in Kōbe
  • Measuring success in the concession.

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