Beschreibung:
Explores the interactions of 19th century American merchants with the Japanese in the treaty port system, how the Japanese leadership manipulated them, and how the merchants themselves defined the limitations of American business in Japan.
PrefaceIntroduction1. Isolation Proposed and Embraced: The Treaty Port Setting2. Life on the Edge: Treaty Port Society3. Formal Power, Actual Weakness: Consuls as Intermediaries4. From Frenzy to Insecurity: The Contours of Trade5. The Price of Isolation: External Pressures6. Business by Proxy: Internal Hollowness7. The Failure of ImperialismBibliography