The author is chair of the Division of the History of Technology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History; he was one of the curators of The Smithsonian's America exhibit.
American history isn’t always just about America – sometimes, it’s about Japan. On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four American ships and a mission from the U.S.
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