A World of Empires : : The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada / / Edyta M. Bojanowska Bojanowska.
Many people are familiar with American Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition to open trade relations with Japan in the early 1850s. Less well known is that on the heels of the Perry squadron followed a Russian expedition secretly on the same mission. Serving as secretary to the naval commander was no...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Primary Sources, Transliteration, Ethnonyms, and Place Names
- Introduction
- From London to Cape Town, or How to Run a Successful Empire
- Pineapples in Petersburg, Cabbage Soup on the Equator
- Prying Open Japan, Prospecting Korea
- Eastward Ho!
- Russians Confront Human Diversity
- The Bestseller and Its Afterlife
- Appendix
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index