Min Yong-hwan : : A Political Biography / / Michael Finch.
The diplomat and scholar-official Min Yông-hwan (1861-1905), described by one contemporary Western observer as "undoubtably the first Korean after the emperor," is best remembered in Korean historiography for his pioneering diplomacy at the courts of Tsar Nicholas II and Queen Victoria in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on the Romanization Systems Used in This Work
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 .Early life and Political Career
- 2. Proposals for Reform
- 3 .Mission to Russia
- 4. Embassy to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
- 5. The Final Phase
- Appendix 1. Min's Family Tree
- Appendix 2. English-Language Works on the Late Chosôn Era
- Appendix 3. Diplomatic Correspondence and Dispatches
- Appendix 4. Min's Telegrams to King Kojong on His Departure from Europe in 1897
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index