Yankees in the Land of the Gods Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan - Peter Booth Wiley

Yankees in the Land of the Gods Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan by Peter Booth Wiley

Format: Paperback

Published by Penguin Books, 1991

A comprehensive historical narrative of Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853–1854 expedition to Japan with the intention to "open" Japan to international trade and places this episode in the context of American imperial ambitions. The work is highly regarded for its dual-perspective approach, using both American and Japanese primary sources to explain how Japan's 250-year-old policy of isolation was finally broken.

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