Copper in the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Trade.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- Glossary -- About the Contributors -- Main Copper Transportation Routes in Japan and China -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Copper in Edo-Period Japan -- Chapter 3 The Akita Domain and Osaka Merchant Houses at the Time of the Establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency -- Chapter 4 "There's Method in the Madness"*: A New Approach to the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Copper Trade -- Chapter 5 Copper Administration Reform and Copper Imports from Japan in the Qianlong Reign of the Qing Dynasty -- Chapter 6 The Trade in Dried Marine Products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo Period -- Chapter 7 The Import of Chinese Sugar in the Nagasaki Junk Trade and Its Impact -- Chapter 8 Imports and Exports of Books by Chinese Junks in the Edo Period -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Places.

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. It brings latest research findings on the subject, which were mostly published in Japanese, to an English-speaking audience.

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