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Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853
Breaking Open Japan Commodore Perry Lord Abe and American Imperialism in 1853
Author: George Feifer
On July 14, 1853, the four warships of America's East Asia Squadron made for Kurihama, 30 miles south of the Japanese capital, then called Edo. It had come to pry open Japan after her two and a half centuries of isolation and nearly a decade of intense planning by Matthew Perry, the squadron commander. The spoils of the recent Mexican Spanis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060884321
ISBN-10: 0060884320
Publication Date: 10/1/2006
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Collins
Book Type: Hardcover
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