The Opening Of Japan 1853 1855

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 : 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 : 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 : Bayard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Visit to India, China, and Japan, in the Year 1853 written by Bayard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Henry Preble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Opening of Japan written by George Henry Preble and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the diary of George Henry Preble, written while he served on the U.S.S. Macedonian, one of the ships engaged in the East Indies Expedition to Japan, China and the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Archipelago) under the command of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. Spanning the years 1853 - 1856, the diary contains observations by Preble during the historic mission which opened Japan.

Author : M. Patrick Sauer
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817320237
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To My Dearest Wife, Lide written by M. Patrick Sauer and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal account of Commodore Perry’s landmark expedition to Japan and life in the antebellum navy George B. Gideon Jr. served as second assistant engineer aboard the USS Powhatan from 1852 to 1856. From his position on the steam frigate, Gideon traveled to Singapore, Labuan, Borneo, Hong Kong, and many other Asian lands. During his time at sea, Gideon penned dozens of letters to his wife, Lide, back home in Philadelphia. Recently discovered in the attic of his great-great-grandniece, were fifty-one letters penned by Gideon providing thorough and insightful commentary throughout the voyage. Through these correspondences, Gideon laboriously documents the details of his daily life on board, from the food they ate to the technical aspects of his work, as well as observations concerning the historical events unfolding around him, such as Chinese piracy, the Taiping Rebellion, the Crimean War, and the devastation of Shimoda. To My Dearest Wife, Lide: Letters from George B. Gideon Jr. during Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan, 1853–1855 is a rare first-person account of the landmark American naval expedition to Japan to establish commercial relations between the two countries. Gideon’s letters have been meticulously transcribed and annotated by the editors and are an invaluable primary historical source. Gideon’s letters are candid and revealing, delving into the rampant dysfunction in the navy of the 1850s—sickness and disease, alcohol abuse, and poor leadership, among other challenges. Gideon also unabashedly shares his own cynical views of the navy’s role in supporting American economic interests in Japan. This firsthand account of the political mission of the Perry expedition is a unique contribution to naval and military history and gives readers a better view of life aboard a navy ship.

Author : Terry Bennett
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462907083
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Photography in Japan 1853-1912 written by Terry Bennett and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century. These rare Japanese photographs--whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic--document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.

Author : Hamish Ion
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858990
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Missionaries, Christian Oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73 written by Hamish Ion and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan closed its doors to foreigners for over two hundred years because of religious and political instability caused by Christianity. By 1859, foreign residents were once again living in treaty ports in Japan, but edicts banning Christianity remained enforced until 1873. Drawing on an impressive array of English and Japanese sources, Ion investigates a crucial era in the history of Japanese-American relations the formation of Protestant missions. He reveals that the transmission of values and beliefs was not a simple matter of acceptance or rejection: missionaries and Christian laymen persisted in the face of open hostility and served as important liaisons between East and West.

Author : John Harington Gubbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Progress of Japan, 1853-1871 written by John Harington Gubbins and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Calbraith Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Americans in Japan written by Matthew Calbraith Perry and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: