Beauchamp, Edward R. & Iriye, Akira

Foreign Employees in Nineteenth-Century Japan

      Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text presents a comprehensive study of the oyatoi gaikokujin (foreign employees) and their contributions to the rapid development that characterized Meiji Japan (1868-1912). The importance of foreign advisors hired by central and local governments in late Tokugawa and early Meiji Japan is widely recognized by students of Japan's modern development. Definition of "yatoi" phenomenon and the systematic analysis of "yatoi" activity has been greatly enhanced during recent decades by the collaborative effort of a cluster of dedicated scholars in and outside Japan. 312 pgs. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. . First Edition. Original Wraps. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.