The merchant's tale : Yokohama and the transformation of Japan / Simon Partner.
The merchant's tale : Yokohama and the transformation of Japan / Simon Partner.
The merchant's tale : Yokohama and the transformation of Japan / Simon Partner.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/0391
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chuemon left his old life behind. Chuemon, 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 "opening" to the West, he witnessed the collapse of the Toku...
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The merchant's tale : Yokohama and the transformation of Japan / Simon Partner.
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Asia perspectives
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G 2018/0391
Record Identifier
74VKVG0EM2Ly
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG0EM2Ly
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ISBN
9780231182928 hardcover
0231182929 hardcover
DDC
952.031
MMS ID
991024155808802626
