A Life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885.
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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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- List of Illustrations -- 1. 'Watch Therefore For Ye Knows Not' Birmingham, 1828-1841 -- 2. 'A Sharp Intelligent Lad' Macao - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Nanjing, 1841-1842 -- 3. 'Not Sufficient to Satisfy Me' Zhoushan (Chusan) - Guangzhou (Canton), 1842-1843 -- 4. 'Here I am Now Perfectly Alone' Amoy (Xiamen), 1844-1845 -- 5. 'A Continuous Settled Life Has No Charms for Me' Fuzhou - Shanghai, 1845-1849 -- 6. 'I Saw a Good Deal' India - Britain, 1849-1851 -- 7. 'I Distinctly Declined to Accede' Formosa - Guangzhou, 1851-1854 -- 8. 'Hasty Love-making' Bangkok - London - Bangkok, 1855-1856 -- 9. 'It Is the Cause of the West against the East' Guangzhou, 1856-1857 -- 10. 'Never Sparing Himself in Any Way' Guangzhou, 1857-1860 -- 11.'The Executioner Stoodby with Uplifted Sword' Beijing, 1860 -- 12. 'I Do Not at All Like Being in a Great Man's Train' Nanjing - Hankou (Wuhan) - Shanghai, 1860-1862 -- 13. Sir Harry Parkes Britain, 1862-1864 -- 14. 'The Drudgery of the Service 'Shanghai, 1864-1865 -- 15. 'The Appointment is Particularly Gratifying to Me 'Yokohama, 1865-1866 -- 16. 'The Most Superior Japanese' Osaka - West Coast - Nagasaki -Mt. Fuji, 1867 -- 17. The Meiji Restoration Osaka - Kyoto - Tokyo, 1868 -- 18. 'We of Course Hope for Improvement' Tokyo, 1869-1871 -- 19. 'This is Becoming Civilised with a Vengeance' Britain, 1871-1873 -- 20. 'I Arrived Too Late' Tokyo - Britain, 1874-1881 -- 21. 'I Am Deeply Sensible of the Services You have Rendered' Tokyo, 1882-1883 -- 22. 'The Last Semi-civilised State' Seoul, 1883 -- 23. 'I Can Find No Rest' Beijing, 1884-1885 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover. | |
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