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Of Silk and Synecdoche: Economic Histories of Yokohama across Historical Scales - Yokohama and the Silk Trade: How Eastern Japan Became the Primary Economic Region of Japan, 1843–1893. By Yasuhiro Makimura. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2017. xx, 255 pp. - The Merchant's Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan. By Simon Partner. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. xxii, 291 pp.
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Yokohama and the Silk Trade: How Eastern Japan Became the Primary Economic Region of Japan, 1843–1893. By Yasuhiro Makimura. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2017. xx, 255 pp.
The Merchant's Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan. By Simon Partner. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. xxii, 291 pp.
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