Company and the Shogun - The Dutch Encounter With Tokugawa Japan

Focuses on the Dutch East India Company's clashes with Tokugawa Japan over diplomacy, violence, and sovereignty.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Archival Sources Introduction: Taming the Dutch 1 Diplomacy 1. Royal Letters from the Republic 2. The Lord of Batavia 3. The Shogun's Loyal Vassals 2 Violence 4. The Violent Sea 5. Power and Petition 3 Sovereignty 6. Planting the Flag in Asia 7. Giving Up the Governor Conclusion: The Dutch Experience in Japan Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Adam Clulow teaches East Asian history at Monash University.

Summary

Focuses on the Dutch East India Company’s clashes with Tokugawa Japan over diplomacy, violence, and sovereignty.

Product details

• Authors: CLULOW, Adam Clulow, Adam (Professor Clulow, Clulow Adam
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2013
• EAN: 9780231164283
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16428-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History; Columbia Studies in International and Global History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800