1st Edition
A Life of Sir Harry Parkes British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885
By Robert Morton
Copyright 2020
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain’s relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and ‘civilisation’ to East Asia. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a... Read more
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, 1841-184, 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, 1845-184, 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 Stood by 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, 1882-188, 22 'The Last Semi-civilised State', Seoul, 1883, 23 'I Can Find No Rest', Beijing, 1884-1885, Epilogue, Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Notes, Index.
Biography
Dr Robert Morton is a professor at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of the prize-winning A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State and A Life of Sir Harry Parkes.
