Friday Night History #149, Spotlight on the Sources, Part 7: At the Edge of Empire, by Michael Gardiner

Once again, we have to reckon with a book that is, unfortunately, part of the historiography. At the Edge of Empire is a 2007 biography of Thomas Blake Glover, noted Scottish drug runner and gun dealer who helped arm the Sat-Chō alliance during the Boshin War and then went on to help build modern Japanese … Continue reading Friday Night History #149, Spotlight on the Sources, Part 7: At the Edge…