Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britainâ 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 countryâ s humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.
Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britainâ 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 countryâ s humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.
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.
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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.
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.
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