The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris: First American Consul and Minister to Japan (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

Townsend Harris

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ISBN 10 : 1528161270 ISBN 13 : 9781528161275

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris: First American Consul and Minister to Japan

I shall be the first recognized agent from a civilized power to reside in japan. This forms an epoch in my life and may be the beginning of a new order of things in japan. I hope I may so conduct myself that I may have honorable mention in the histories which will be written on japan and its future destiny.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris: First American Consul and Minister to Japan

The history of embassies and consulates, like that of all international relations, is inseparable from the stories of individual men. Nowhere is one reminded of this more forcibly than in observing the short and very active century of intercourse between the United States and Japan.

While there have been many personalities of high distinction charged with the weight of representing each of these countries, none, perhaps, has had more demanded of him in courage, ingenuity, discipline, and solitary decision than Townsend Harris, the first consular officer accredited from the United States Government to that of Japan.

It is a source of much satisfaction that the journal of this pioneer, which has been long out of print, has been made available again to the public through the enterprise of the Charles E. Tuttle Company, with the support of the Japan Society of New York and the American Club of Tokyo.

Any important figure in history gathers about him some elements of legend. Stories, whether true or apocryphal, attach themselves to the names of heroes. This is inevitable, and by no means is it always to be deplored. But the sober truth is sometimes more heroic than fiction, and for those who wish to understand, the unvarnished items of fact are indispensable.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1528161270
• ISBN 13: 9781528161275
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 672
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