A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / / Robert Morton |
Autore | Morton Robert <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Folkestone : , : Renaissance Books, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 327.41/0092 |
Soggetto topico | Diplomats - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
Civil Service
Diplomacy East Asia |
ISBN | 1-912961-17-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794203503321 |
Morton Robert <1965-> | ||
Folkestone : , : Renaissance Books, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / / Robert Morton |
Autore | Morton Robert <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Folkestone : , : Renaissance Books, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 327.41/0092 |
Soggetto topico | Diplomats - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
Civil Service
Diplomacy East Asia |
ISBN | 1-912961-17-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825332103321 |
Morton Robert <1965-> | ||
Folkestone : , : Renaissance Books, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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