When Commodore Matthew Perry led the U.S. Navy into Japan in 1854, forcing the island nation to open its ports to the outside world, little did he realize his actions would lead to the swift rise of a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. American history isn’t always just about America – sometimes, it’s about Japan. On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay ...
The author is chair of the Division of the History of Technology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History; he was one of the curators of The Smithsonian's America exhibit.
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