Consul in Japan, 1903-1941 : : Oswald White’s Memoir ‘All Ambition Spent’ /

Consul in Japan, 1903-1941 : : Oswald White’s Memoir ‘All Ambition Spent’ / / Hugo Read.

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A rare account by a foreigner working in Japan in the 20th century; a unique insight into this important period of Japan's history; complements existing material. First a student interpreter, then an assistant in Korea, Vice-Consul in Yokohama and Osaka, Consul in Nagasaki and Dairen, then Cons...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Read, Hugo,
MitwirkendeR:
Hoare, Jim,
Read, Hugo,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]
©2017
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Contributors
  • List of Figures and Plates
  • Preface to ‘All Ambition Spent
  • Chapter 1 The Japanese View
  • Chapter 2 Student Interpreter in Tokyo, 1903–1905
  • Chapter 3 Tokyo in 1904 and 1905
  • Chapter 4 Assistant at Yokohama, 1905–1908
  • Chapter 5 Stray Notes on Language
  • Chapter 6 Assistant in Corea, 1908–1910
  • Chapter 7 Corea in 1909 and 1910
  • Chapter 8 Vice-Consul at Yokohama, 1911–1913
  • Chapter 9 Vice-Consul at Osaka, 1913–1919
  • Chapter 10 Consul at Nagasaki, 1920–1925
  • Chapter 11 Consul at Dairen, 1925–1927
  • Chapter 12 Consul-General at Seoul, 1928–1931
  • Chapter 13 Consul-General at Osaka, 1931–1937
  • Chapter 14 Consul-General at Mukden, 1938–1939
  • Chapter 15 Consul-General at Tientsin, 1939–1941
  • Chapter 16 Anglo-Japanese Relations
  • Index

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