Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun

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Label

Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun

Statement of responsibility

by Rhoda Blumberg

Creator

• trueBlumberg, Rhoda

Subject

• trueCultural differences
• trueIsolationism -- Japan
• trueJapan -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• trueJapan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
• trueJapan -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
• Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 -- Juvenile literature
• trueArt, Japanese
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- Juvenile literature
• United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854
• United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854 -- Juvenile literature
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Japan

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements

Award

• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, 1985.
• Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, 1985.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

952/.025

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1070

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

DS881.8

LC item number

.B53 1985

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile