Title: Empires on the Waterfront
Description: "Empires on the Waterfront offers a new spatial framework for understanding Japan’s extended transition into the modern world of nation-states. This study examines a largely unacknowledged system of “special trading ports” that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. By allowing Japan to circumvent conditions imposed on treaty ports, the special trading ports were key to achieving autonomy and regional power." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Japan, commerce, Japan, foreign relations, Japan, history, Free ports and zones, History, Commerce, Foreign relations, Diplomatic relations