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Author Ennals, Peter.
Title Opening a window to the West : the foreign concession at Kobe, Japan, 1868-1899 / Peter Ennals.
Publisher Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014], ©2014.



Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
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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.)
1442664215 (electronic bk.)
1442614161
9781442614161
1442646020
9781442646025
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Author Ennals, Peter.
Series Japan and global society
Japan and global society.
Subject Concessions -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Land use -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Historical geography.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier 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.)
1442664215 (electronic bk.)
1442614161
9781442614161
1442646020
9781442646025
Author Ennals, Peter.
Series Japan and global society
Japan and global society.
Subject Concessions -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Land use -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Historical geography.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Subject Concessions -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Land use -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Historical geography.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier 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.)
1442664215 (electronic bk.)
1442614161
9781442614161
1442646020
9781442646025

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