Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal of Francis Hall, 1859-1866

By F.G. Notehelfer

Book Overview

The best and most perceptive account of what Japan was like in the last years of the Tokugawa feudal regime. Hall's journal is filled with details and insight into the conditions that created the Meiji Restoration and the role that the arrival of Americans and Europeans played in this process. It is filled with important insights, ethnographic details, and the true text of Treaty Port life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756760887
• ISBN13: 9780756760885
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Diane Pub Co
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 7.0"