Min Yong-hwan: A Political Biography 9780824863616
The diplomat and scholar-official Min Yông-hwan (1861-1905), described by one contemporary Western observer as "und
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Table of contents :
Contents
Note on the Romanization Systems Used in This Work
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 .Early life and Political Career
2. Proposals for Reform
3 .Mission to Russia
4. Embassy to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
5. The Final Phase
Appendix 1. Min’s Family Tree
Appendix 2. English-Language Works on the Late Chosôn Era
Appendix 3. Diplomatic Correspondence and Dispatches
Appendix 4. Min’s Telegrams to King Kojong on His Departure from Europe in 1897
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
