LEADER 03360oam 2200577 450 001 9910794203503321 005 20231218221148.0 010 $a1-912961-17-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781912961177 035 $a(CKB)4100000011716784 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6452225 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6475969 035 $a(OCoLC)1231607768 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_97772 035 $a(DE-B1597)612144 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781912961177 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781912961177 035 $a(OCoLC)1322124458 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011716784 100 $a20220609d2021|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA life of Sir Harry Parkes $eBritish Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 /$fRobert Morton 210 1$aFolkestone :$cRenaissance Books,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 311 0 $a1-912961-16-4 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tList of Illustrations --$t1 ?Watch Therefore For Ye Knows Not? --$t2 ?A Sharp Intelligent Lad? --$t3 ?Not Sufficient to Satisfy Me? --$t4 ?Here I am Now Perfectly Alone? --$t5 ?A Continuous Settled Life Has No Charms for Me? --$t6 ?I Saw a Good Deal? --$t7 ?I Distinctly Declined to Accede? --$t8 ?Hasty Love-making? --$t9 ?It Is the Cause of the West against the East? --$t10 ?Never Sparing Himself in Any Way? --$t11 ?The Executioner Stood by with Uplifted Sword? --$t12 ?I Do Not at All Like Being in a Great Man?s Train? --$t13 Sir Harry Parkes --$t14 ?The Drudgery of the Service? --$t15 ?The Appointment is Particularly Gratifying to Me? --$t16 ?The Most Superior Japanese? --$t17 The Meiji Restoration --$t18 ?We of Course Hope for Improvement? --$t19 ?This is Becoming Civilised with a Vengeance? --$t20 ?I Arrived Too Late? --$t21 ?I Am Deeply Sensible of the Services You have Rendered? --$t22 ?The Last Semi-civilised State? --$t23 ?I Can Find No Rest? --$tEpilogue --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgements --$tNOTES --$tIndex --$tThe Author 330 $aHarry 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. 606 $aDiplomats$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zKorea 607 $aKorea$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1837-1901 610 $aCivil Service. 610 $aDiplomacy. 610 $aEast Asia. 615 0$aDiplomats 676 $a327.41/0092 700 $aMorton$b Robert$f1965-$01501589 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794203503321 996 $aA life of Sir Harry Parkes$93728797 997 $aUNINA