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China in the Tokugawa World

By Marius B. Jansen

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
9780674184763, 9780674184756
DOI
10.4159/harvard.9780674184763
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6560348 bytes)
Series
The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures; 4
Edition
Reprint 2014
Pages
148\156
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 10:39:27

Description

This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period soley in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian neighbors. Taking as his focus the port of Nagasaki and its thriving trade with China in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, Jansen not only corrects this misperception but offers an important analysis of the impact of the China trade on Japan's cultural, economic, and political life.

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