Peter Ennals: 1 book
Opening a Window to the West
The Foreign Concession at Kobe, Japan, 1868-1899
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
After more than two centuries of self-seclusion, Japan finally opened itself to Western traders and influences in the 1850s. However, Westerners were restricted to a handful of Foreign Concessions set adjacent to selected Japanese cities, where they could fashion a working urban space suited to their...
