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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| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Folkestone : Amsterdam University Press, 2020. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.