The American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan / / Kevin C. Murphy
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| Autore: |
Murphy Kevin C.
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| Titolo: |
The American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan / / Kevin C. Murphy
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 382.0952073 |
| 382/.0973052 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Americans - Japan - History - 19th century |
| Corporations, American - Japan - History - 19th century | |
| Merchants - Japan | |
| Merchants - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Commerce United States History 19th century |
| United States Commerce Japan History 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | American 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti: | American merchant experience in 19th-century Japan |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The American merchant experience in nineteenth-century Japan |
| ISBN: | 1-134-43396-4 |
| 1-134-43397-2 | |
| 1-280-05939-7 | |
| 0-203-64438-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828600303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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