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

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781912961177
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA565 .L544 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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