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Race For Entry: The Opening of Japan1

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PlutschowHerbert, Philipp Franz von Siebold and the Opening of Japan: A Reevaluation. Folkestone: Global Oriental Ltd., 2006. 192 pp. ISBN: 1-905246-20-X (hbk.).
McOmieWilliam, The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855: A Comparative Study of the American, British, Dutch and Russian Naval Expeditions to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships. Folkestone: Global Oriental Ltd., 2006. xxii + 506 pp. ISBN: 1-1-901903-76-1 (hbk.).
BennettTerry ed., Japan and the Illustrated London News: Complete Record of Reported Events, 1853–1899. With a Historical Perspective by Sir Hugh Cortazzi. Folkestone: Global Oriental Ltd., 2006. xx + 412 pp. ISBN: 1-901903-26-5 (hbk.).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2010

Katalin Ferber
Katalin Ferber
Affiliation:
Waseda University, Japan
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Itinerario , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 124 - 128
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 2007

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1 Unfortunately, Prof. Ferber did not receive a timely review copy of George Feifer, Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2006).