A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 /

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Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morton, Robert, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Folkestone : Renaissance Books, 2021.
Temas:
Parkes, Harry, > Sir, > 1828-1885.
Parkes, Harry, > Sir, > 1828-1885
1837-1901
Diplomats > Great Britain > Biography.
Diplomates > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomats
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Japan.
Japan > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Korea.
Korea > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Japon.
Japon > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Chine.
Chine > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Corée.
Corée > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1837-1901.
China
Great Britain
Japan
Korea
Civil Service.
Diplomacy.
East Asia.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • List of Illustrations
  • 1 'Watch Therefore For Ye Knows Not'
  • 2 'A Sharp Intelligent Lad'
  • 3 'Not Sufficient to Satisfy Me'
  • 4 'Here I am Now Perfectly Alone'
  • 5 'A Continuous Settled Life Has No Charms for Me'
  • 6 'I Saw a Good Deal'
  • 7 'I Distinctly Declined to Accede'
  • 8 'Hasty Love-making'
  • 9 'It Is the Cause of the West against the East'
  • 10 'Never Sparing Himself in Any Way'
  • 11 'The Executioner Stood by with Uplifted Sword'
  • 12 'I Do Not at All Like Being in a Great Man's Train'
  • 13 Sir Harry Parkes
  • 14 'The Drudgery of the Service'
  • 15 'The Appointment is Particularly Gratifying to Me'
  • 16 'The Most Superior Japanese'
  • 17 The Meiji Restoration
  • 18 'We of Course Hope for Improvement'
  • 19 'This is Becoming Civilised with a Vengeance'
  • 20 'I Arrived Too Late'
  • 21 'I Am Deeply Sensible of the Services You have Rendered'
  • 22 'The Last Semi-civilised State'
  • 23 'I Can Find No Rest'
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • NOTES
  • Index
  • The Author

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