Negotiating with Imperialism : The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy.

Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1 The Style and Substance of Treaty-Making -- 2 Negotiating Space: The Meaning of Yokohama -- 3 Negotiating Time: The Postponement Strategy -- 4 The Limits of Negotiation: Expulsion and Gunboats -- 5 New Horizons: Tariffs and Translations -- 6 Rethinking Negotiation: Moving toward Revision -- 7 Negotiating the Future: The Iwakura Mission in America and Britain -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Treaties of Friendship and Commerce Signed by the Tokugawa Bakufu andthe Meiji Government -- Appendix 2: Key Japanese and Western Diplomats -- Appendix 3: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between theUnited States and Japan, July 29, 1858 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

In a compelling analysis of the interplay among assassinations, Western bombardment of Japanese cities and fertile cultural and intellectual exchange, Auslin offers a persuasive reading of the birth of modern Japan at the signing of the "unequal" commercial treaty with the U.S., and its struggle to determine its future relations with the world.

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