03186oam 2200697I 450 991082860030332120230617040242.01-134-43396-41-134-43397-21-280-05939-70-203-64438-710.4324/9780203644386 (CKB)1000000000254314(EBL)200185(OCoLC)70759634(SSID)ssj0000288668(PQKBManifestationID)11211026(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288668(PQKBWorkID)10381284(PQKB)10245840(MiAaPQ)EBC200185(Au-PeEL)EBL200185(CaPaEBR)ebr10094154(CaONFJC)MIL5939(EXLCZ)99100000000025431420180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan /Kevin C. MurphyLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-86832-7 0-415-29683-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; THE AMERICAN MERCHANT EXPERIENCE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 FROM FRENZY TO INSECURITY: The contours of trade; 2LIFE ON THE EDGE:Treaty port society; 3FORMAL POWER, ACTUALDEPENDENCE:Consuls as intermediaries; 4BUSINESS BY PROXY:Bantos and compradores; 5THE PRICE OF ISOLATION:External pressures; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEXAmerican 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 book-length treatment of this group, Kevin Murphy explores their interactions with the Japanese in the treaty port system, how the Japanese leadership manipulated them to its own ends, and how the merchants themselves defined the limitations of American business in Japan through their ambiguous but American merchant experience in 19th-century JapanAmericansJapanHistory19th centuryCorporations, AmericanJapanHistory19th centuryMerchantsJapanMerchantsUnited StatesJapanCommerceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesCommerceJapanHistory19th centuryAmericansHistoryCorporations, AmericanHistoryMerchantsMerchants382.0952073382/.0973052Murphy Kevin C.119818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828600303321The American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan3994104UNINA