The Merchant's Tale : : Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan / / Simon Partner.
In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port city of Yokohama, where he remained for the next fourteen years. There, as a merchant trading with foreigners in the aftermath of Japan's 1853 "...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 20 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- Notes on the Text
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Out of Thin Air (1859-1860)
- 2. Years of Struggle (1860-1864)
- 3. Prosperity (1864-1866)
- 4. Transformation (1866-1873)
- Conclusion: The Power of a Place
- Tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index