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Carleton University Press 2009-03-01 Hardcover Very Good Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, inscribed by one of the authors on title page, solid binding and bright pages, a very nice copy!

ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: Carleton University Press] Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, inscribed by one of the authors on title page, solid binding and bright pages, a very nice copy!
[Saint Cloud, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]

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[Westmount, QC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2009]

Hardback. New. In the mid-1800s, Yokohama brought affluent foreigners to the city. It was in this setting that the author's Canadian mother and Swiss father met in 1933. This work recounts the initial years of their parents' marriage and provides glimpses into relations between Japan and the West from the turn of the century to the onset of the Second World War. ISBN 0773534970 9780773534971 [GB]

ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press 2009-05-25, Montréal, Québec :|Chesham] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2009]

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ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: Carleton Univ Pr] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Hardcover SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS
[Champlain, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]

McGill-Queen's University Press 2009 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Footprints, 10.

ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Hardcover Hardcover. Yokohama, a quiet fishing village when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived with his gunboat diplomacy in the mid-1800s, was quickly transformed into a bustling port for international trade. The change brought affluent foreigners to the city but also mobilized Japanese nationalist hostilities. It was in this setting that Ron and Martin Baenninger's Canadian mother and Swiss father met in 1933. Relying on Ron's early memories, their mother's diary, and the acute memory of their father, who lived to be over one hundred, the Baenningers recount the initial years of their parents' marriage and provide glimpses into relations between Japan and the West from the turn of the century to the onset of the Second World War. In their earliest years together the young couple enjoyed a rich social life, travelling freely between Canada, Switzerland, and Japan, although aware of the political turmoil slowing unfolding around them. The outbreak of the war between Japan and the United States and allied powers brought their privileged lifestyle to an end.In August 1942 they escaped internment with their young son aboard the Kamakura Maru - one of the many exchange ships assigned to bring foreign nationals home and the last evacuation vessel from Japan - and negotiated their way through war-torn areas to reach Canada four months later. In the Eye of ...
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ISBN10: 0773534970, ISBN13: 9780773534971, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Hardcover Hardcover. Yokohama, a quiet fishing village when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived with his gunboat diplomacy in the mid-1800s, was quickly transformed into a bustling port for international trade. The change brought affluent foreigners to the city but also mobilized Japanese nationalist hostilities. It was in this setting that Ron and Martin Baenninger's Canadian mother and Swiss father met in 1933. Relying on Ron's early memories, their mother's diary, and the acute memory of their father, who lived to be over one hundred, the Baenningers recount the initial years of their parents' marriage and provide glimpses into relations between Japan and the West from the turn of the century to the onset of the Second World War. In their earliest years together the young couple enjoyed a rich social life, travelling freely between Canada, Switzerland, and Japan, although aware of the political turmoil slowing unfolding around them. The outbreak of the war between Japan and the United States and allied powers brought their privileged lifestyle to an end.In August 1942 they escaped internment with their young son aboard the Kamakura Maru - one of the many exchange ships assigned to bring foreign nationals home and the last evacuation vessel from Japan - and negotiated their way through war-torn areas to reach Canada four months later. In the Eye of ...
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McGill-Queen's University Press 2009-03-01 Hardcover New Size: 8x5x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

McGill-Queen's University Press, Date: 2009-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2009. McGill-Queen's University Press ISBN 0773534970 9780773534971 [US]