{"product_id":"defining-engagement-9780674035775","title":"Defining Engagement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting fresh insights on the internal dynamics and global contexts that shaped foreign relations in early modern Japan, Robert I. Hellyer challenges the still largely accepted wisdom that the Tokugawa shogunate, guided by an ideology of seclusion, stifled intercourse with the outside world, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures, Maps, and Tables  Conventions  Introduction  1. Interdependent Partners: The Shogunate, Satsuma, and Tsushima  2. The Reaction against Globalization  3. Guarded Engagement  4. Domestic Demand and Foreign Trade  5. Local Japan Encounters the West  6. The Transition in Foreign Trade  7. Defending the Domain and the Realm  Conclusion: The End of Domain Agency and the Adoption of International Relations  Works Cited  Index","brand":"Harvard University, Asia Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403539128663,"sku":"9780674035775","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674035775.jpg?v=1730483766","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defining-engagement-9780674035775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}