East Asia Observed: Selected Writings 1973-2021 [Paperback]

This collection brings together themes in East Asian history, diplomacy, culture and politics written by J.E. Hoare since the early 1970s. His writings derive from his training as a historian, from his time as a Research Analyst in the British Foreign Office from 1969-2003, and from his experiences as a diplomat in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), the Peoples Republic of China, and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea). The writings selected for this volume include academic papers, book reviews and some quasi-journalistic articles which reflect both historical research and analysis of current events and issues. The wide-ranging content speaks to the authors specialist fields of interest including diplomacy, biography, extraterritoriality and architecture on which he has published extensively.This collection brings together themes in East Asian history, diplomacy, culture and politics written by J.E. Hoare since the early 1970s.Dr. J.E. Hoare is a Honorary Research Associate, SOAS University of London, and an Associate Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House, London (RIIA).1. Captain Broughton, HMS Providence (and her tender) and his voyage to the Pacific 1794-98, 2. The Bankoku Shimbun Affair': Foreigners, the Press and Extraterritoriality in Early Modern Japan, 3. Japan undermines extraterritoriality: Extradition in Japan 1885-1899, 4. British Journalists in Meiji Japan, 5. The Tokyo Embassy, 1871-1945, 6. Captain Francis Brinkley (1842-1912): Yatoi, Scholar and Apologist, 7. William Keswick, 1835-1912: Jardine's Pioneer in Japan, 8. The Era of the Unequal Treaties, 1858-99, 9. Ernest Cyril Comfort: The Other British Aviation Mission and Mitsubishi 1921-1924, 10. Korea, Taiwan and Manchuria: Britain's Consular Service in the Japanese Empire, 1883-1941, 11. John Carey Hall (1844-1921): A Career in the Japan Consular Service, 12. Memories of the Past: The Legacy of Japan's Treaty Ports, 13. The Centenary of Korea-British DiplomatilÓy