Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe And the American Imperialism of 1853 - Hardcover

Feifer, George

 
9780060884321: Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe And the American Imperialism of 1853

Synopsis

Documents the 1853 confrontation between America and Japan, a conflict that marked the end of Japan's more than two-century isolation and was headed by American squadron commander Matthew Perry and Japanese political mastermind Lord Masahira Abe. 20,000 first printing.

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