Opening a window to the West : the foreign concession at Kōbe, Japan, 1868-1899 / Peter Ennals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ennals, Peter, author.

Series:

Japan and global society.

Japan and Global Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concessions--Japan--Kōbe-shi--History--19th century.

Concessions.

Land use--Japan--Kōbe-shi--History--19th century.

Land use.

Kōbe-shi (Japan)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Kōbe-shi (Japan).

Kōbe-shi (Japan)--Historical geography.

Kōbe-shi (Japan)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Kōbe-shi (Japan)--Social conditions--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first book-length study of Kōbe's Foreign Concession, Opening a Window to the West situates Kōbe within the larger pattern of globalization occurring throughout East Asia in the nineteenth century.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-6422-3

1-4426-6421-5

OCLC:

870652518