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CRC Press Private Correspondence Sir Harry Parkes 1865-1868 Volume 1

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Discover the untranslated diplomatic correspondence of Sir Harry Smith Parkes, Britain's second Minister to Japan, in this groundbreaking scholarly work published by CRC Press. This first volume captures Parkes' private letters exchanged with Edmund Hammond, the Foreign Office's permanent Under-Secretary and key decision-maker on British-Asian relations, spanning the critical Bakumatsu period marking the end of Japan's Shogunate era. Chronologically arranged and fully transcribed for the first time, these authentic historical documents reveal official and unofficial British attitudes towards Japan between 1865 and 1868, offering researchers, historians and Japan scholars direct insight into nineteenth-century diplomatic thinking at the highest levels of the British government during a pivotal moment in Japanese modernisation.

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Features the complete transcriptions of private correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes and Edmund Hammond from the pivotal 1865-1868 period.

Covers the Bakumatsu era marking the end of the Shogunate, a critical transition point in Japanese history and British-Japanese relations.

Presents official and unofficial British attitudes towards Japan during the second British Minister's 18-year tenure in the country.

Published by CRC Press as part of a comprehensive series documenting Parkes' entire correspondence record throughout his time in Japan.

Provides scholars and historians with first-time access to authentic primary source material from Britain's Foreign Office decision-makers.

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26 April 2019
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14 February 2019

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