Collected Writings of W. G. Beasley : The Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars of Japan Volume 5

Developed in close collaboration with W. G. Beasley, this book contains a wide and substantial cross-section of writings, thematically structured around essays in the special areas of Bakufu and Meji Studies. AT THE BEGINNING of September 1854, almost six months after Commodore Perry had concluded his convention with Japan, Sir James Stirling, Commander-in-Chief of the British East Indies fleet, took a squadron into Nagasaki harbour to negotiate with the Japanese officials there.