Title A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / by Robert Morton

Published Folkestone : Renaissance Books, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrations Summary Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain'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 country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 10, 2021) Subject Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885. Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885 Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885. Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography Diplomatic relations. Diplomats. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Japan Japan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Korea Korea -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1837-1901. China. Great Britain. Japan. Korea. Genre/Form Biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781912961177 1912961172

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