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9780415296830

The American Merchant Experience in Nineteenth Century Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415296830

  • ISBN10:

    0415296838

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-12-13
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

Explores the interactions of 19th century American merchants with the Japanese in the treaty port system, how the Japanese leadership manipulated them, and how the merchants themselves defined the limitations of American business in Japan.P

Author Biography

Kevin C. Murphy is Chair of the Department of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
viii
Abbreviations ix
Preface x
Introduction 1(16)
From frenzy to insecurity: The contours of trade
17(39)
Life on the edge: Treaty port society
56(37)
Formal power, actual dependence: Consuls as intermediaries
93(32)
Business by proxy: Bantos and compradores
125(27)
The price of isolation: External pressures
152(34)
Conclusion 186(13)
Notes 199(49)
References 248(11)
Index 259

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