J E Hoare, J. E. Hoare

Embassies in the East (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of the British and Their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia by tracing the history of three Far Eastern embassies - in Japan, China and Korea - through the vicissitudes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of western influence in Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136796241
• Artikelnr.: 39960662

Autorenporträt

Authored by Hoare, J E; Hoare, J. E.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I China
2. The Beginning: The Duke of Liang's Mansion and the Establishment of the Legation 1860-1900
3. Interlude: The Summer Legation Question
4. The Siege of the Legations and the Boxer Settlement
5. From the Boxer Rebellion to the Pacific War
6. Last Years of the Old Legation, 1945-59
7. Outside the Walls: The British Mission in Beijing Since 1959
Part II Japan
8. The Early Days, 1859-72
9. ::
ch0010 After the Earthquake, 1923-40
11. War, Detention, and Repatriation, 1941-42
12. After the War, 1945-99
Part III Korea
13. Beginnings
14. The New Buildings
15. From Consulate-general to Consulate-general, 1894-1942
16. Seoul Since 1945
17. Epilogue