The West's Encounter with Japanese Civilization 1800-1940

by Cathar Blomberg

This indispensable collection of material picks up the story of Western contact with Japan (after some 200 years of isolation) at the beginning of the 19th century.
Volumes 1-8: From Japan's 'Closed Country' Period to Early Industrialization
Volumes 9-14: From Meiji Modernization to Regional Superpower

3500 pages, Hardcover

First published November 3, 2000