The product of research by US and Japanese scholars, this book is an assessment of the work of individual "yatoi", and their contributions to the rapid developm

This volume of essays by Japanese and Western scholars sheds light on the process of modernization in nineteenth-century Japan, focusing on two significant aspe

Explores the interactions of 19th century American merchants with the Japanese in the treaty port system, how the Japanese leadership manipulated them, and how

In 1871-1882 fifty Americans, along with other foreign experts, were employed by the Japanese government to develop Japan's northern frontier, Hokkaido. Their w

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.