Description: This book reveals the influence of samurai on antebellum American identity formation and the incredible life of a samurai celebrity and civil war survivor.
Brief description: Natalia Doan is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she researches and teaches the transnational history of early modern and modern Japan. Her previous work includes the co-edited volume Black Transnationalism and Japan (Leiden University Press: 2024), among other publications.