Beschreibung:
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.
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;