Author: Carl, Hans
Title: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble : Fragments of the History of Yokohama from 1859 to 1987
Description: Ilfracombe [Devon, UK], Stockwell, 1991. orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, vii,254 pp.. Textual facsimile illus.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This interesting account of the foreign community in Yokohama from its very beginning in 1859 til today gives a unique picture of early life in the concessionary settlement seem from a histronic point of view. Based on early newspaper articles, and the records of the Yokohama Amateur Dramatic Club, as well as reminiscences of old Yokohama residents, this book gives a picture of a community quite separated from the country in which it was implanted; of a foreign enclave that existed as if the rest of Japan did not - at least as far as its own amusement was concerned..." - from dustwrapper.

Keywords: Yokohama Amateur Theatre, Japan, Europeans, Dramatic Club, Theater, Expatriate, Expatriates, East Asia,