Shimura-san vit seul dans une maison silencieuse qui fait face aux chantiers navals de Nagasaki. Cet homme ordinaire rejoint chaque matin la station météorologique de la ville en maudissant le chant des cigales, déjeune seul et rentre tôt dans une retraite qui n'a pas d'odeur, sauf celle de l'ordre et de la mesure. Depuis quelque temps déjà, il répertorie scrupuleusement les ni...(展开全部)

The eighteenth century witnessed the rise of the China market and the changes that resulted in global consumption patterns, from opium smoking to tea drinking. In a valuable transnational perspective, Leonard Blusse chronicles the economic and cultural transformations in East Asia through three key cities. Canton was the port of call for foreign merchants in the Qing empire. Na...(展开全部)

In World Trade Systems of the East and West, Geoffrey C. Gunn profiles Nagasaki's historic role in mediating the Japanese bullion trade, especially silver exchanged against Chinese and Vietnamese silk. Founded in 1571 as the terminal port of the Portuguese Macau ships, Nagasaki served as Japan's window to the world over long time and with the East-West trade carried on by the D...(展开全部)