The ghost of Namamugi : Charles Lenox Richardson and the Anglo-Satsuma war / by Robert S.G. Fletcher.

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Fletcher, Robert, 1983- [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1898823847
9781898823841

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ghost of Namamugi.DDC classification:

952.025 23

LOC classification:

DS881.45

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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