Shane Everhart, Hagan Clevenger, Peter Landers, and Jacob Bush

Works Consulted

"Black Ships & Samurai." MIT Visualizing Cultures. Accessed January 21, 2016.
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/black_ships_and_samurai/bss_essay01.ht
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The article Black Ships & Samurai on the MIT website helped our group
gather deeper insight of the motives behind Perrys expedition, as well as some
information on the general culture of Japan at the time of his arrival.
"Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan." Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan.
Accessed December 13, 2015.
Commodore Perrys Expedition to Japan gave our group a general overview
of the events of Matthew Perrys journey to and landing in Japan. This source was
very good for grasping the basics of this topic.
Feifer, George. Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe and the
American Imperialism of 1853. New York, NY: Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006.
Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe and the American
Imperialism of 1853 gave our group detailed information about how and why
Commodore Perry opened up Japan.
Millard Fillmore, to His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, November 15,
1852.
This letter from President Millard Fillmore, to the Emperor of Japan gave our
group a first-hand look at the negotiations between the United States and Japan.
Millis, Walter. Arms and Men; a Study in American Military History. New York: New
American Library, 1956.
This source gave us a better insight of the perspective of the expedition as a
military operation.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. Boston:
Little, Brown, 1967.

This book gave our group an excellent and detailed account of Perrys life and
many exploits, including the famous voyage to Japan.
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, and Lambert Lilly. Narrative of the Expedition of an
American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852,
1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States
Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. Washington: Beverley
Tucker, Printer, 1856.
This source gave us a much closer account of the expedition, having been
written only a few years after it took place.
Takekoshi, Yosaburo. The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of
Japan. New ed. Vol. 3. London: Taylor & Francis, 2004.
This source gave us a Japanese account of the opening of Japan, as well as a
description of how it affected Japans economy and culture.