Commodore Perry And The Opening Of Japan

Author : Paul Hendrix Clark
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624668909
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perry Expedition and the "Opening of Japan to the West," 1853–1873 written by Paul Hendrix Clark and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's squadron of four ships sailed into Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853, the Japanese Tokugawa government had already fended off similarly unwelcome intrusions by the French, the Russians, the Dutch, and the British. These Western imperialists had the power and the means to force Japan into the kinds of treaties that would effectively spell the end of Japan’s autonomy, maybe even its existence as an independent country. At the same moment, Japan was also grappling with a serious insurrection, the death of an emperor, and the death of a shogun—as well as with a series of natural disasters and associated famines. The Japanese response to this incredible series of catastrophes would permanently alter the balance of geopolitical power around the world. Drawing on the best recent scholarship, this short introductory volume examines the motivations and maneuvers of the major participants in the conflict and sets the "opening" of Japan in the context of broader global history. Selections from twenty-​nine primary sources provide firsthand accounts of the event from a variety of perspectives. Several illustrations are also included, along with a note on historiographic interpretation.

Author : Peter Booth Wiley
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yankees in the Land of the Gods written by Peter Booth Wiley and published by Viking. This book was released on 1990 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Feifer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062309315
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Open Japan written by George Feifer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Spanish–American War had whetted a powerful American appetite for using her soaring wealth and power for commercial and political advantage. 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 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." So began one of history's greatest political and cultural clashes. In Breaking Open Japan, George Feifer makes this drama new and relevant for today. At its heart were two formidable men: Perry and Lord Masahiro Abe, the political mastermind and real authority behind the Emperor and the Shogun. Feifer gives us a fascinating account of "sealed off" Japan and shows that Perry's aggressive handling of his mission had far reaching consequences for Japan – and the United States – well into the twentieth if not twenty–first century.

Author : Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061971693
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun written by Rhoda Blumberg and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1853, few Japanese people knew that a country called America even existed. For centuries, Japan had isolated itself from the outside world by refusing to trade with other countries and even refusing to help shipwrecked sailors, foreign or Japanese. The country's people still lived under a feudal system like that of Europe in the Middle Ages. But everything began to change when American Commodore Perry and his troops sailed to the Land of the Rising Sun, bringing with them new science and technology, and a new way of life.

Author : John A Wolter
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513379
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book With Commodore Perry to Japan written by John A Wolter and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry’s expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser’s clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with Japan, and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Also included are fifty-five illustrations ranging from hand drawn, pen-and-ink scenes of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew to exquisitely detailed pith paintings by Chinese artists.

Author : Francis Lister Hawks
Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan written by Francis Lister Hawks and published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signified their resolve through systematic expulsion, detention and execution. Perry's success, however, contrived to open up what had once been 'the curiosity of Christendom' to the nations of the world.

Author : Ferdinand Kuhn
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan written by Ferdinand Kuhn and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1955 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of Perry's expedition to negotiate a treaty between the United States and Japan.

Author : Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 written by Jones and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William McOmie
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004213627
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855 written by William McOmie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a picture of the competition and cooperation, distrust and open hostility of the US, Britain, Holland and Russia involved in their joint enterprise in Japan. It documents the plans and outcomes of each of the four powers’ negotiations with Japan. At the same time it provides a fascinating commentary on the way business was done by the Japanese with each country and its representatives.

Author : John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boat Armament of the U.S. Navy written by John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: