Japan and the Dutch 1600-1853
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: April 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780700712205
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Cultural studies; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Sociology, Social Studies; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Relations; History: World; History; Sociology; Japan; Netherlands; General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Social Science / General; Asia - Japan
First sentence: It is generally believed in the West that the period from 1640 to 1853 was an era of complete isolation for the empire of Japan, a nation suddenly awakened from over two centuries of slumber by the arrival in 1853 of the American Commodore Matthew Perry's 'black ships'.