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035			_a(DE-B1597)9789048557653
035			_a(DE-B1597)697873
035			_a(OCoLC)1455755823
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aDS881.5.A43 _bM67 2024
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMorton, Robert _eautore
245	1	0	_aSir Rutherford Alcock : _bFirst British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China / _cRobert Morton.
264		1	_aAmsterdam : _bAmsterdam University Press, _c[2024]
264		4	_c2024
300			_a1 online resource (314 p.)
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tTable of Contents -- _tIntroduction -- _t1. ‘A Young Man in a Hurry’ -- _t2. ‘Perseverance, Courage, and Fortitude of Conduct’ -- _t3. ‘Highly Qualified for Any Professional Situation’ -- _t4. ‘The Most Able of Our Consuls in China’ -- _t5. ‘Acting with Promptness and Decision’ -- _t6. ‘Desolation around and about Me’ -- _t7. ‘I Can Hardly Say I Am Disappointed’ -- _t8. ‘The Scum of the Earth’ -- _t9. ‘A Hundred Petty Acts of Annoyance’ -- _t10. ‘Sir Rutherford’ -- _t11. ‘My Service in the East Thus Terminates’ -- _t12. ‘There is So Much to Fear and So Little to Hope’ -- _t13. ‘A Distinct and Disastrous Sacrifice of British Interests’ -- _t14. ‘Savourer the Dignity of His Position’ -- _tAfterword: The Reaction to Alcock’s Death—A Comparison with Parkes—Summing up -- _tBibliography -- _tAcknowledgements -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe son of a village doctor, Rutherford Alcock trained in medicine and became a battlefield surgeon, working in Portugal and Spain during the civil wars there in the 1830s. In a major career shift, he entered the consular service, went to China, and ended up as British Minister (the equivalent of today’s ambassador) to Japan and then China. This progression was unique, indeed bizarre, especially as every senior position he got was one he specifically said he did not want. Nonetheless, he was the man who commenced Britain’s relations with Japan and introduced Japan’s arts and crafts to the UK, in addition to playing a central role in Britain’s relationship with China. He was no rampant imperialist and expressed ambivalence about Britain’s position in East Asia as he contended with intractable issues like the opium trade and how to punish attacks on British interests without starting a war. This book fills a major gap in the study of Japan’s opening to the West from a British perspective, as well as Britain’s relationship with East Asia as a whole, through the eyes of a brilliant, but complicated and contradictory figure.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)
650		0	_aDiplomats _zChina _vBiography.
650		0	_aDiplomats _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aDiplomats _zJapan _vBiography.
650		4	_aAUP Wetenschappelijk.
650		4	_aAmsterdam University Press.
650		4	_aAsian Studies.
650		4	_aEast Asia and North East Asia.
650		4	_aHistory.
650		4	_aModern History.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. _2bisacsh
653			_aVictorian, Diplomat, China, Japan.
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856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9789048557653?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048557653
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048557653/original
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