Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1 The Style and Substance of Treaty-Making -- 2 Negotiating Space: The Meaning of Yokohama -- 3 Negotiating Time: The Postponement Strategy -- 4 The Limits of Negotiation: Expulsion and Gunboats -- 5 New Horizons: Tariffs and Translations -- 6 Rethinking Negotiation: Moving toward Revision -- 7 Negotiating the Future: The Iwakura Mission in America and Britain -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Treaties of Friendship and Commerce Signed by the Tokugawa Bakufu andthe Meiji Government -- Appendix 2: Key Japanese and Western Diplomats -- Appendix 3: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between theUnited States and Japan, July 29, 1858 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.