My Wish Lists Login / Join

Building Japan 1868-1876 : Japan Library - Richard Henry Brunton

Building Japan 1868-1876

By: Richard Henry Brunton

Hardcover | 17 January 1995 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
292 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.75

Hardcover

$595.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $149.00 with

or

Ships in 10 to 15 business days

No better example could be found of Japan's urgent need for imported technological expertise to help bring about her own industrial revolution in the last quarter of the 19th century than the Scottish civil engineer Richard Henry Brunton. This book is Brunton's own account of his eight years in Japan (1868-76) which has remained unpublished for over a hundred years. It is a work of some considerable scholastic importance - particularly the rare first-hand accounts of various technical developments taking place in Japan at that time. Also of interest are Brunton's personal observations relating to the evolving social, economic and political developments of early Meiji Japan. Brunton was originally commissioned to supervise the design and construction of the country's first lighthouse system; he subsequently went on to build the first telegraph line between Tokyo and Yokohama and built one of the Japan's first iron bridges. He also took on the role of educator and established a teacher-training school near his office in Yokohama "for mathematics and other cognate subjects".

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Asian History Economics Economic History Society & Culture Social Groups Ethnic Studies Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects

Interdisciplinary Studies Regional Studies

More in Ethnic Studies

Musquito : The real story of a legendary colonial warrior - Naomi Parry Duncan

Musquito

The real story of a legendary colonial warrior

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$28.75

22%
OFF

Alice's dreaming : An astonishing work of history about a girl and the Indigenous world she encountered - Tom Griffiths

Alice's dreaming

An astonishing work of history about a girl and the Indigenous world she encountered

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

The Knowledge : Learning from ancestral wisdom to save our challenging global environment - Victor Steffensen

The Knowledge

Learning from ancestral wisdom to save our challenging global environment

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Surveying the Wild Abyss : Unravelling settler memory - Barry Corr

Surveying the Wild Abyss

Unravelling settler memory

Paperback

RRP $54.99

$36.75

33%
OFF

One Word - Melissa-Jane Fogarty

One Word

Hardcover

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Dear Son : Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons 2nd Edition - Thomas Mayo

Dear Son

Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons 2nd Edition

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$26.99

23%
OFF

First Knowledges The Collection : 10-Book Box Set

First Knowledges The Collection

10-Book Box Set

Multi-Item Pack

RRP $199.00

$137.99

31%
OFF

Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture - Bruce Pascoe

Dark Emu

Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF

The First Astronomers : How Indigenous Elders read the stars - Duane Hamacher

The First Astronomers

How Indigenous Elders read the stars

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Public Sociology : 5th Edition - An Introduction to Australian Society - John Germov

Public Sociology

5th Edition - An Introduction to Australian Society

Paperback

RRP $98.99

$76.75

22%
OFF

Junior Atlas of Indigenous Australia - Macquarie Dictionary

Junior Atlas of Indigenous Australia

Paperback

RRP $39.99

$26.75

33%
OFF

Fire Country : How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia - Victor Steffensen

Fire Country

How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$26.75

28%
OFF

Decolonizing Methodologies : 3rd Edition - Research and Indigenous Peoples - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Decolonizing Methodologies

3rd Edition - Research and Indigenous Peoples

Paperback

RRP $44.99

$35.99

20%
OFF

The First Inventors : How people shaped a continent - Billy Griffiths

The First Inventors

How people shaped a continent

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.99

19%
OFF

Becoming : The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller - Michelle Obama

Becoming

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.75

Gunyah Goondie + Wurley : The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia - Paul Memmott

Gunyah Goondie + Wurley

The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia

Hardcover

RRP $120.00

$83.75

30%
OFF

First Knowledges Country : Future Fire, Future Farming - Bruce Pascoe

First Knowledges Country

Future Fire, Future Farming

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Always Was, Always Will Be : 2025 CBCA Eve Pownall Award Winner - Aunty Fay Muir

Always Was, Always Will Be

2025 CBCA Eve Pownall Award Winner

Hardcover

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF

Jilya : How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology - Tracy Westerman

Jilya

How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$26.99

23%
OFF

Right Story, Wrong Story : Adventures in Indigenous Thinking - Tyson Yunkaporta

Right Story, Wrong Story

Adventures in Indigenous Thinking

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Bush Tukka Guide : 2nd Edition - 60+ bush foods and recipes - Samantha Martin

Bush Tukka Guide

2nd Edition - 60+ bush foods and recipes

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$22.75

24%
OFF

Sundays under the Lemon Tree : ABIA 2026 SMALL PUBLISHERS CHILDREN BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER - Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Sundays under the Lemon Tree

ABIA 2026 SMALL PUBLISHERS CHILDREN BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER

Hardcover

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Narm-Jaap : A Flinders Street Station History - Melissa-Jane Fogarty

Narm-Jaap

A Flinders Street Station History

Hardcover

RRP $24.99

$19.75

21%
OFF

This product is categorised by