Sir Harry Parkes

Parkes ruled the British legation to Meiji Japan with a commitment to work and the construction of a civilian Japan which aroused profound admiration and irritation among both Westerners and Japanese. First major study of Parkes since the Dickens/Lane-Poole 'Life' of 1894.

Autorentext

Daniels, Gordon

Inhalt

1. The Formative Years - 1828-65 -; 2. Anglo-Japanese Relations: The Background - 1853-65 -; 3. Bakumatsu - 1865-67 -; 4. The Country at War - 1868-69 -; 5. The Beginning of Reconstruction - 1869-71 -; 6. Home Away from Home - 1871-73 -; 7. The New Japan: Restive and Adventurous - 1873-74 -; 8. Korea and Kagoshima - 1875-77 -; 9. Diplomacy by Other Means - 1878-79 -; ch0010 Respected and Reviled - 1880-81 -; 11. Japan Rebuffed, Parkes Promoted - 1882-83 -;