LEADER 03186oam 2200697I 450 001 9910828600303321 005 20230617040242.0 010 $a1-134-43396-4 010 $a1-134-43397-2 010 $a1-280-05939-7 010 $a0-203-64438-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203644386 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254314 035 $a(EBL)200185 035 $a(OCoLC)70759634 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000288668 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288668 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381284 035 $a(PQKB)10245840 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200185 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200185 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094154 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5939 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254314 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan /$fKevin C. Murphy 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-86832-7 311 $a0-415-29683-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; INDEX 330 $aAmerican 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 517 1 $aAmerican merchant experience in 19th-century Japan 606 $aAmericans$zJapan$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCorporations, American$zJapan$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMerchants$zJapan 606 $aMerchants$zUnited States 607 $aJapan$xCommerce$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xCommerce$zJapan$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aAmericans$xHistory 615 0$aCorporations, American$xHistory 615 0$aMerchants 615 0$aMerchants 676 $a382.0952073 676 $a382/.0973052 700 $aMurphy$b Kevin C.$0119818 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828600303321 996 $aThe American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan$93994104 997 $aUNINA