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This book examines key themes of Kyushu's history from earliest times - the cultural interaction with the continental mainland, settlement, location and infrastructure as well as trade and commerce - arguing that it was the principal stepping-stone in terms of Japan's cultural, social and economic advance through history up to the present day.

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This book examines key themes of Kyushu's history from earliest times - the cultural interaction with the continental mainland, settlement, location and infrastructure as well as trade and commerce - arguing that it was the principal stepping-stone in terms of Japan's cultural, social and economic advance through history up to the present day.
Autorenporträt
Andrew Cobbing graduated in History from Bristol University, received his Masters degree in Japanese History from Kyushu University in 1993 and completed his PhD at SOAS (University of London) in 1997. After several years as professor at Kyushu University he took up his current appointment as lecturer in history at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain (1998), The Satsuma Students in Britain (2000) and Kawada Ryokichi: Jeanie Eadie's Samurai (2006). He has also translated one of the volumes of the official record of the Iwakura Embassy's Travels to the West.