Alexander McKay Scottish Samurai (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Scottish SamuraiCondition: NewEAN: 9780857866158ISBN: 9780857866158Edition: MainPublisher: Canongate BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/16/2012Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 184gAuthor: Alexander McKayLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911ISBN-10: 085786615XDescription: Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate, providing the rebels with war-winning, Scottish-designed warships, and modern arms. Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback and he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire, founding shipyards and breweries.As energetic in his love-life as in business and politics, Glover had a string of Japanese mistresses, one of whom inspired Puccini's Madam Butterfly. This 'Scottish Samurai' was to become an adviser to the Japanese government; he also arranged for many Japanese to visit Britain and see the wonders of the industrial revolution, a lesson they enthusiastically absorbed. Today, Glover is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Japanese economic miracle.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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