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In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of British imperial expansion in East Asia.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Map of Locations Note on the Text
PART I The Many Deaths of Mr Richardson Introduction
1 ‘Afloat and Settled in China’, 1853–1862
2 The British Empire and Bakumatsu Japan, 1862–1863
3 Anatomy of an ‘Outrage’, 1862–1864 4 Namamugi Remembered
PART II The Letters of Charles Lenox Richardson, 1853–1862 Note on the Letters and Acknowledgements Index

The Ghost of Namamugi: Charles Lenox Richardson

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      Publisher: Global Books
      Publication Date: 28/02/2019
      ISBN13: 9781898823834, 978-1898823834
      ISBN10: 1898823839

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of British imperial expansion in East Asia.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      List of Abbreviations
      Map of Locations Note on the Text
      PART I The Many Deaths of Mr Richardson Introduction
      1 ‘Afloat and Settled in China’, 1853–1862
      2 The British Empire and Bakumatsu Japan, 1862–1863
      3 Anatomy of an ‘Outrage’, 1862–1864 4 Namamugi Remembered
      PART II The Letters of Charles Lenox Richardson, 1853–1862 Note on the Letters and Acknowledgements Index

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