Breaking open Japan : Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853 /

Feifer, George.

Breaking open Japan : Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American imperialism in 1853 / George Feifer. - New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006. - xx, 389 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-373) and index.

0060884320 9780060884321

2006044349


Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 --Travel--Japan.
Abe, Masahiro, 1819-1857.


United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)


Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

DS881.8 / .F45 2006

952/.025