1st Edition

Japan Through American Eyes The Journal Of Francis Hall, 1859-1866

By Fred G Notehelfer Copyright 2001
479 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

This abridgement of the unique journal of Francis Hall, America's leading business pioneer in nineteenth-century Japan, offers a remarkable view of the period leading to the Meiji Restoration. An upstate New York book dealer, Hall went to Japan in 1859 to collect material for a book on the country and to serve as correspondent for Horace Greely's New York Tribune. Seeing the opportunities for... Read more
Preface , Francis Hall , 1859 , 1860 , 1861 , 1862 , 1863 , 1864 , 1865 , 1866

Biography

Fred G Notehelfer