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In the Black Ships’ Wake: Early American Enterprise at Treaty Port Hakodate
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In the Black Ships’ Wake: Early American Enterprise at Treaty Port Hakodate
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Source
Pacific Historical Review 93, no. 1 (February 1, 2024)
pp. 97–124 (
2024
)
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Faculty authors
Dr Rashaad Eshack
External co-authors
Dr Steven Ivings
With
Dr Steven Ivings
