Commercial Networks in Modern Asia
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: June 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780700714193
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Economic history; International trade; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; ASIA; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; General
First sentence: The opening of the ports in 1859 brought an influx of foreign textile goods into the Japanese market and 30 to 50 percent of the Japanese import trade was occupied by textile goods by the end of the nineteenth century.