William Franklin Sands in Late Choson Korea
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William Franklin Sands—a youthful, low ranking American diplomat who became the most influential foreign advisor in the court of Emperor Kojong—was undoubtedly one of the key figures active in Korea in the twilight years of the Taehan Empire before it became a Japanese protectorate in 1905. Wayne Patterson, who has published several other outstanding monographs on this period, has done a great service in bringing to light hitherto unknown material on Sands and weaving it into an extremely readable narrative that complements Sands’ own autobiographical work Undiplomatic Memories: The Far East 1896–1904, as well as considerably increasing our understanding of another important figure from this period, Horace N. Allen. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of Korean–American relations and who wishes to gain a deeper insight into the international rivalry over Korea around the beginning of the twentieth century.
» Michael C. E. Finch, Keimyung University
After graduation from Georgetown University in 1896, William Franklin Sands joined the US diplomatic corps as second secretary in Tokyo. His year there sparked his interest in East Asia, so when a position in Korea opened, he took it, with the help of his influential father, an admiral in the US navy. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lexington Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781793649270
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«
William Franklin Sands—a youthful, low ranking American diplomat who became the most influential foreign advisor in the court of Emperor Kojong—was undoubtedly one of the key figures active in Korea in the twilight years of the Taehan Empire before it became a Japanese protectorate in 1905. Wayne Patterson, who has published several other outstanding monographs on this period, has done a great service in bringing to light hitherto unknown material on Sands and weaving it into an extremely readable narrative that complements Sands’ own autobiographical work Undiplomatic Memories: The Far East 1896–1904, as well as considerably increasing our understanding of another important figure from this period, Horace N. Allen. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of Korean–American relations and who wishes to gain a deeper insight into the international rivalry over Korea around the beginning of the twentieth century.
» Michael C. E. Finch, Keimyung University