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1.		Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun from HarperCollins Price: $3.49 Customer Review: Beginning as the "giant dragons puffing smoke" descended upon the fishing village of Shimoda, this book chronologically follows Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and subsequent opening of Japan for trade with the United States. This volume, which appears to have been extremely well-researched,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853 from Smithsonian Price: $4.75 Customer Review: The subject is interesting and timely [taking US values to far corners of the world]. But the writing is abismal. Here is a typical sentence: "Anerican newspapers helped swell the numbers who knew little more about Japan than the cruelty they reported." Did you have to read that sentence twice... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show (James a. Michener Fiction Series) from University of Texas Press Price: $4.45 Customer Review: If you love historical fiction, Japanese film, period literature, great writing with themes of class, culture and Asia, this is a rare find that you won't want to put down once the story gets going. Wiley's first book, SOLDIERS IN HIDING, deservedly won the PEN/Faulkner award and this historical... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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