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
Main Author: Ennals, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014], 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Land use.
Historical geography.
Economic history.
Concessions.
Commerce.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Utilisation du sol > Japon > Kōbe > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Concessions (Droit administratif) > Japon > Kōbe > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Land use > Japan > Kōbe-shi > History > 19th century.
Concessions > Japan > Kōbe-shi > History > 19th century.
Japan > Kōbe-shi.
Kōbe (Japon) > Conditions economiques > 19e siecle.
Kōbe (Japon) > Geographie historique.
Kōbe (Japon) > Commerce > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Kōbe (Japon) > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Historical geography.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) > Commerce > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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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