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Seventy Dazzling Years Since Perry Opened Japan
A sweeping overview urges Americans to study Japan’s rise as a global naval power and its path to joining major powers. It asks readers to examine Japan’s naval strength, voting qualifications, the Regent’s business, laws restricting foreigners, the women’s rights movement, and the forces fueling U S Japan friction, plus external influences shaping tensions.
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