TY - BOOK ID - 117550103 TI - The Merchant's Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan PY - 2018 SN - 9780231544467 0231544464 0231182929 PB - Columbia University Press DB - UniCat KW - J4300.70 KW - J3413.10 KW - J3367 KW - J3371 KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō KW - Japan: Geography and local history -- Kantō -- Kanagawa prefecture -- Yokohama KW - Japan: History -- Kinsei, Edo period -- kaikoku and bakumatsu (1853-1867) KW - Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) KW - Yokohama-shi (Japan) KW - Yokohama (Japan) KW - Yokohama KW - 横浜市 (Japan) KW - City of Yokohama (Japan) KW - Jokohama (Japan) KW - Горад Іакагама (Japan) KW - Horad Iakahama (Japan) KW - Іакагама (Japan) KW - Iakahama (Japan) KW - Йокохама (Japan) KW - Ĭokokhama (Japan) KW - Γιοκοχάμα (Japan) KW - Giokochama (Japan) KW - Jokohamo (Japan) KW - Иокогамæ (Japan) KW - Iokogamæ (Japan) KW - יוקוהמה (Japan) KW - Yoḳohamah (Japan) KW - Иокогама (Japan) KW - Iokogama (Japan) KW - Ёкохама (Japan) KW - Ëkokhama (Japan) KW - Ёкохама хот (Japan) KW - Ëkokhama khot (Japan) KW - Иокогаме (Japan) KW - Iokogame (Japan) KW - Јокохама (Japan) KW - Ëkoḣama (Japan) KW - Ĭokohama (Japan) KW - יאקאהאמע (Japan) KW - Yoḳohame (Japan) KW - Iokoama (Japan) KW - Tsurumi-chō (Japan) KW - Kanagawa-machi (Kanagawa-ken, Japan) KW - Social conditions. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Politics and government. KW - Merchants UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:117550103 AB - In a narrative history rich in colorful detail, Simon Partner uses the story of an ordinary merchant farmer and its Yokohama setting as a vantage point onto sweeping social transformation and its unwitting agents. Partner’s history of a vibrant meeting place humanizes the story of Japan’s revolutionary 1860s and their profound consequences for Japanese society and culture. ER -