Descript |
1 online resource (xxiii, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Content |
text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
Contents |
Setting the stage : the role of ports in the encounter between East and West in Japan -- The creation of Kōbe's foreign concession -- Establishing municipal government and services in the concession -- Forging an economy : the basis for mercantile trade -- Finding a mercantile staple for Kōbe : the tea and silk trades -- The morphology of the settlement and the development of a pleasing townscape -- Life at the end of the world : forming an expatriate society in Kōbe -- Measuring success in the concession. |
ISBN |
9781442664210 (electronic bk.) |
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1442664215 (electronic bk.) |
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1442614161 |
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9781442614161 |
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1442646020 |
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9781442646025 |
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