HIST 87 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nanban Trade, Meiji Period, Gunboat Diplomacy
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Closed ports to close their doors to western countries. Discord within, catastrophes without: discuss significance of economic society , kuriyama and saikaku readings, financial crisis and the rise of satsuma, choshu, tosa, hizen. Tokugawa foreign relations: seclusion , ryukyuan and korean embassies: carnival of aliens , european conflict and gunboat diplomacy. Keizai shakai: a new order shaped by the growth of a nationwide market, an unprecedented abundance of goods and diverse services and above all the universal spread and almighty reign of money . From the kuriyama article: attempt to adjust from an agrarian to capitalist society, keeping money to yourself is equal to accumulating a tumour in your stomach. Linked to who you are as a person (no more reliance on lineage for wealth) Lie to keep the money flowing (is acceptable, and is what should be done) Don"t spend whole life worrying about wealth. Capital = money that creates more money (money that has babies)
