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Fletcher, Robert, 1983-

The ghost of Namamugi : Charles Lenox Richardson and the Anglo-Satsuma war / by Robert S.G. Fletcher. - 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, map) : illustrations (some color)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 'Afloat and settled in China', 1853-1862 -- The British Empire and Bakumatsu Japan, 1862-1863 -- Anatomy of an 'outrage', 1862-1864 -- Namamugi remembered -- Part II: The letters of Charles Lenox Richardson, 1853-1862.

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.

ISBN: 1898823847 (electronic book) 9781898823841 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctvf6q2nr JSTOR

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB933445 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019259857 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1837-1901

Subjects--Topical Terms:
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations.
History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--History--Namamugi Incident, 1862.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations extérieures--Japon.
Japon--Relations extérieures--Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations extérieures--1837-1901.
Great Britain.
Japan.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: DS881.45

Dewey Class. No.: 952.025