During the last third of the nineteenth century the governments of China, Korea, in Japan employed thousands of Westerners, many of whom were Americans, to serve as technical, educational, military, and diplomatic advisers. This study focuses on a four-year. In the career of one such advisor,Owen Nickerson Denny. An American from the Pacific coast state of Oregon, Denny search from 1886 to 1890 as vice-president of the. Home Ministry and Director of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, he had served as United States console at Tientsin, China (1877 - 1880), and as counsel general at Shanghai (1880 - 1883). Although Denny was not a diplomat of major prominence, and examination of his brief but controversial service in Korea provides us with the number of valuable insights into the development of American-East Asian relations in the late nineteenth century. --- excerpt from book's Introduction

Mandarins, Gunboats, and Power Politics: Owen Nickerson Denny and the International Rivalries in Korea (ASIAN STUDIES AT HAWAII)

Politics & Social Sciences

Swartout, Robert R.

Politics & Government

Univ of Hawaii Pr

<p>In recent years the scope of historical inquiry has widened considerably. This timely collection of essays investigates people and conditions that have received little attention previously in the historical mainstream. In particular, women, Native Americans, immigrant groups, the environment, and the twentieth century often have gotten short shrift. This anthology attempts to compensate for what has not been emphasized before by including recent essays on these topics while also offering articles on more traditional topics like Lewis and Clark, labor strife, Montana politics, and even Custer's Last Stand. Most of the sixteen essays originally appeared in Montana The Magazine of Western History.</p>

The Montana Heritage: An Anthology of Historical Essays

History

Americas

Montana Historical Society

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