Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun
Title:
Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun
JLCTITLE245:
by Rhoda Blumberg.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, ©1985.
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:
9780688037239
9781435278752
9780756914400
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
1070 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 7.9 3.
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 7.9 3 Quiz 34741 English non-fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index.
Contents:
1. Aliens arrive -- 2. The black ships of the evil men -- 3. His high and mighty mysteriousness -- 4. Landing on sacred soil -- 5. The Dutch Island prison -- 6. Foreigners forbidden -- 7. The great peace -- 8. Clouds over the land of the rising sun -- 9. The black ships return -- 10. The treaty house -- 11. An array of gifts -- 12. The grand banquet -- 13. The treaty -- 14. Excursions on land and sea -- 15. Shore leave -- 16. In the wake of the black ships.