Culture, Power and Politics in Treaty-Port Japan, 1854-1899: Key Papers, Press and Contemporary Writings

by James E. Hoare

This two-volume collection, supported by an in-depth introduction that addresses origins, actuality, endgame and afterlife, brings together for the first time contemporary documentation and more recent scholarship to give a broad picture of Japan's Treaty Ports and their inhabitants at work and play in the second half of the nineteenth century. The material selected, shows how the ports' existence and the Japanese struggle to end their special status,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1898823618
• ISBN13: 9781898823612
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.2" x 10.0"