Eastern isles, western isles: Geographical imaginaries and trans-island identities in British conceptions of Japan, 1800–1868
(2024)
Journal Article
Storr, A. (2024). Eastern isles, western isles: Geographical imaginaries and trans-island identities in British conceptions of Japan, 1800–1868. Journal of Historical Geography, 86, 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.10.008
Ideas of islands shaped Britain's self-identity and its relationship with the wider world in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Existing interpretations of Anglo-Japanese relations have emphasized the development of the idea of Japan as the ‘Brita... Read More about Eastern isles, western isles: Geographical imaginaries and trans-island identities in British conceptions of Japan, 1800–1868.