Breaking open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853 0060884320, 9780060884321, 9780062309310, 0062309315

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Breaking open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853
0060884320, 9780060884321, 9780062309310, 0062309315

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Table of contents :
The black ships --
The opening and the closing --
The initial panic --
The military odds and perils of visiting --
The commanding commodore --
The cracks in the double-bolted doors --
The first ultimatum --
The fateful landing --
The ephemeral respite --
The land of constant courtesy --
The mouse in the eagle's talons --
the heart of the matter --
The tortured reckoning --
The China crush and Russian spur --
The nonsolution --
The hated treaty --
The departure of the principals --
The pandora's box --
The legacy.

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