ENGLISH

The Ghost of Namamugi: Charles Lenox Richardson and the Anglo-Satsuma War

By Robert Fletcher

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781898823841
DOI
10.1515/9781898823841
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3028734 bytes)
Pages
260\276
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-23 21:07:07

Description

In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of British imperial expansion in East Asia.

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