Commodore Perry And The Opening Of Japan

Author : Paul Hendrix Clark
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624668906

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The Perry Expedition and the "Opening of Japan to the West," 1853–1873 by Paul Hendrix Clark Pdf

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
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015040106091

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Yankees in the Land of the Gods by Peter Booth Wiley Pdf

Author : Francis Lister Hawks
Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89085791754

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Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan by Francis Lister Hawks Pdf

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 : Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780061971693

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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg Pdf

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 : Ferdinand Kuhn
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : United States Naval Expedition to Japan
ISBN : UCAL:B4098493

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Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan by Ferdinand Kuhn Pdf

Account of Perry's expedition to negotiate a treaty between the United States and Japan.

Author : John A Wolter,David A Ranzan,John J. McDonough
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612513379

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With Commodore Perry to Japan by John A Wolter,David A Ranzan,John J. McDonough Pdf

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 : George Feifer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062309310

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Breaking Open Japan by George Feifer Pdf

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 : Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00057499

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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 by Jones Pdf

Author : William McOmie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004213623

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The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855 by William McOmie Pdf

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 : David G. Wittner
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404226451

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Commodore Matthew Perry and the Perry Expedition to Japan by David G. Wittner Pdf

Surveys the life of Matthew Perry, a naval officer from a seafaring family, whose accomplishments are many but who is best remembered for opening Japan to trade with other nations.

Author : Matthew Calbraith Perry,Robert Tomes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Japan
ISBN : PRNC:32101074927078

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The Americans in Japan by Matthew Calbraith Perry,Robert Tomes Pdf

Author : Richard Wiley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015067682164

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Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show by Richard Wiley Pdf

A sword-swinging page-turner infused with a heady mix of Japanese etiquette, American ideals, and Machiavellian philosophy, written by a PEN/Faulkner Award winner.

Author : Arthur Walworth
Publisher : Walworth Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781406755299

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Black Ships Off Japan by Arthur Walworth Pdf

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Ann Gaines
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766014622

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Commodore Perry Opens Japan to Trade in World History by Ann Gaines Pdf

Traces the efforts of Commodore Matthew Perry to use force and diplomacy to end Japan's traditional isolationism and to begin trade with the Asian nation.

Author : Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780807882665

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Transpacific Field of Dreams by Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu Pdf

Baseball has joined America and Japan, even in times of strife, for over 150 years. After the "opening" of Japan by Commodore Perry, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu explains, baseball was introduced there by American employees of the Japanese government tasked with bringing Western knowledge and technology to the country, and Japanese students in the United States soon became avid players. In the early twentieth century, visiting Japanese warships fielded teams that played against American teams, and a Negro League team arranged tours to Japan. By the 1930s, professional baseball was organized in Japan where it continued to be played during and after World War II; it was even played in Japanese American internment camps in the United States during the war. From early on, Guthrie-Shimizu argues, baseball carried American values to Japan, and by the mid-twentieth century, the sport had become emblematic of Japan's modernization and of America's growing influence in the Pacific world. Guthrie-Shimizu contends that baseball provides unique insight into U.S.-Japanese relations during times of war and peace and, in fact, is central to understanding postwar reconciliation. In telling this often surprising history, Transpacific Field of Dreams shines a light on globalization's unlikely, and at times accidental, participants.