Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The early modern Japanese economy -- The failure of the temp? : reforms and the opening of Yokohama -- The first merchant of Yokohama -- Bakumatsu Japan's trade and Yokohama's place in that trade -- Yokohama and its hinterland -- The producers of Eastern Japan -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Japan's exports and imports since 1860 -- Appendix 2: Exports in silk goods and tea, with total exports -- Appendix 3: Exports in cotton goods, copper, and rice, with total exports -- Appendix 4: Each export good as a percentage of total exports -- Bibliography -- About the author
Summary
This study provides a political and economic examination of the impact of the silk trade on nineteenth-century Japan. It analyzes the role of Japan's eastern interior region and the port of Yokohama and argues that the growth of the silk industry was largely responsible for the integration of Japan into the global economy
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 10, 2017)
