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Consul in Japan, 1903-1941: Oswald White’s Memoir ‘All Ambition Spent’ book cover

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Consul in Japan, 1903-1941 Oswald White’s Memoir ‘All Ambition Spent’

By Hugo Read Copyright 2017
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge
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A rare account by a foreigner working in Japan in the 20th century; a unique insight into this important period of Japan's history; complements existing material. First a student interpreter, then an assistant in Korea, Vice-Consul in Yokohama and Osaka, Consul in Nagasaki and Dairen, then Consul-General in Seoul, Osaka, Mukden and Tientsin. Not a contemporary diary as such, but a write-up of... Read more
Acknowledgements, Foreword by Jim Hoare, Introduction by Hugo Read, List of Figures and Plates, Preface to ‘All Ambition Spent', Chapter 1 The Japanese View, Chapter 2 Student Interpreter in Tokyo, 1903–1905, Chapter 3 Tokyo in 1904 and 1905, Chapter 4 Assistant at Yokohama, 1905–1908, Chapter 5 Stray Notes on Language, Chapter 6 Assistant in Corea, 1908–1910, Chapter 7 Corea in 1909 and 1910, Chapter 8 Vice-Consul at Yokohama, 1911–1913, Chapter 9 Vice-Consul at Osaka, 1913–1919, Chapter 10 Consul at Nagasaki, 1920–1925, Chapter 11 Consul at Dairen, 1925–1927, Chapter 12 Consul-General at Seoul, 1928–1931, Chapter 13 Consul-General at Osaka, 1931–1937, Chapter 14 Consul-General at Mukden, 1938–1939, Chapter 15 Consul-General at Tientsin, 1939–1941, Chapter 16 Anglo-Japanese Relations, Index

Biography

Hugo Read is the great-grandson of Oswald White who spent 38 years in the Japan Consular Service (1903-1941). White's 'Japan memoir' was entitled All Ambition Spent, mostly written pre-1939 but completed towards the end of the war. Hugo Read is also the author of a portrait of Oswald White published in Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. X. He works in the telecoms industry, and is a wine consultant and member of the Association of Wine Educators. He writes on food, drink, travel. Hugo Read is the great-grandson of Oswald White who spent 38 years in the Japan Consular Service (1903-1941). White's 'Japan memoir' was entitled All Ambition Spent, mostly written pre-1939 but completed towards the end of the war. Hugo Read is also the author of a portrait of Oswald White published in Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. X. He works in the telecoms industry, and is a wine consultant and member of the Association of Wine Educators. He writes on food, drink, travel.

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