Pioneer in Yokohama A Dutchman's Adventures in the New Treaty Port

Name: Pioneer in Yokohama A Dutchman's Adventures in the New Treaty Port
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ISBN: 9781603848367

ISBN-10: 1603848363

ISBN-13: 9781603848367

Edition: 2012

Authors: C. T. Assendelft de Coningh, Martha Chaiklin

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In relating the story of his life on the island of Deshima and in the port of Yokohama during the late 1850s, Dutch merchant C T Assendelft de Coningh provides both an unprecedented eyewitness account of daily life in the Japanese treaty ports and a unique perspective on the economic, military, and political forces the Western imperial powers brought to bear on newly opened Japan. A general Introduction provides essential historical and cultural background as well as a brief biography of De Coningh; substantial footnotes explain those terms, names, and cultural references that may be unfamiliar to modern readers. Thirteen illustrations are included, as are a chronology of events, a…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 0.35" wide x 8.46" long x 5.47" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Martha Chaiklin is Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh.