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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245 | 1 | 2 | |a A life of Sir Harry Parkes : |b British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / |c by Robert Morton. |
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520 | |a 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 in Japan for helping it to industrialise. | ||
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Preface -- |t Introduction -- |t List of Illustrations -- |t 1 'Watch Therefore For Ye Knows Not' -- |t 2 'A Sharp Intelligent Lad' -- |t 3 'Not Sufficient to Satisfy Me' -- |t 4 'Here I am Now Perfectly Alone' -- |t 5 'A Continuous Settled Life Has No Charms for Me' -- |t 6 'I Saw a Good Deal' -- |t 7 'I Distinctly Declined to Accede' -- |t 8 'Hasty Love-making' -- |t 9 'It Is the Cause of the West against the East' -- |t 10 'Never Sparing Himself in Any Way' -- |t 11 'The Executioner Stood by with Uplifted Sword' -- |t 12 'I Do Not at All Like Being in a Great Man's Train' -- |t 13 Sir Harry Parkes -- |t 14 'The Drudgery of the Service' -- |t 15 'The Appointment is Particularly Gratifying to Me' -- |t 16 'The Most Superior Japanese' -- |t 17 The Meiji Restoration -- |t 18 'We of Course Hope for Improvement' -- |t 19 'This is Becoming Civilised with a Vengeance' -- |t 20 'I Arrived Too Late' -- |t 21 'I Am Deeply Sensible of the Services You have Rendered' -- |t 22 'The Last Semi-civilised State' -- |t 23 'I Can Find No Rest' -- |t Epilogue -- |t Bibliography -- |t Acknowledgements -- |t NOTES -- |t Index -- |t The Author |
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