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020 $a0060884320 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780060884321 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aFeifer, George.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50003190
245 10 $aBreaking open Japan :$bCommodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853 /$cGeorge Feifer.
260 $aNew York :$bSmithsonian Books/Collins,$c2006.
300 $axx, 389 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-373) and index.
520 1 $a"On July 8, 1853, the four warships of America's East Asia Squadron anchored at Uraga, twenty-seven miles south of the Japanese capital, then called Edo. The ships had come to pry open Japan after her two-and-a-half centuries of isolation and after years of intense planning by Commodore Matthew Perry, the squadron commander. Unabashedly imperialist, Perry, his vision grounded in the certainty of American good, was determined to get his way - largely by prompting fear of his very big guns." "Perry's cloaking of imperial impulse in humanitarian purpose was fully matched by Japanese self-deception. High among the country's articles of faith was the certainty of its protection by heavenly power. A distinguished Japanese scholar argued in 1811 that "Japanese differ completely from and are superior to the peoples of ... all other countries of the world." The superior people nevertheless trembled at the threat of Western domination or even colonizing." "So began one of history's greatest political and cultural clashes." "In Breaking Open Japan, George Feifer brings the drama to life as never before. At its heart were two formidable men who in many ways embodied their very different societies: thrusting Commodore Perry and genial, manipulative Lord Masahiro Abe, who as the head of the Shogun's advisory council was Japan's real decision maker and political authority. Providing a fascinating account of "sealed" Japan, Feifer shows that Perry's aggressive handling of his mission had far-reaching, sometimes tragic consequences for that country - and for the United States - well into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
611 20 $aUnited States Naval Expedition to Japan$d(1852-1854)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002022183
600 10 $aPerry, Matthew Calbraith,$d1794-1858$xTravel$zJapan.
600 10 $aAbe, Masahiro,$d1819-1857.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005433
651 0 $aJapan$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115634
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zJapan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140113
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