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Spoilsmen in a "flowery fairyland" : the development of the U.S. Legation in Japan, 1859-1906

An examination of the first 11 US ministers to Japan, exploring the information, expectations and values they took with them and how they shaped US diplomacy with Japan in the late 19th century. It shows that the issue of trade was an ongoing 19th-century problem.
Print Book, English, © 1998
The Kent State University Press, Kent, © 1998
XIV, [2], 368 stron : ilustracje ; 24 cm.
9780873385909, 087338590X
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