{"product_id":"sir-rutherford-alcock-first-british-minister-to-japan-18591865-consul-18441859-and-minister-18651870-to-china-9781041186144","title":"Sir Rutherford Alcock: First British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 314 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 December 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutherford Alcock became a battlefield surgeon, working in Portugal and Spain during the civil wars in the 1830s. This book fills a major gap in the study of Japan’s opening to the West from a British perspective, as well as Britain’s relationship with East Asia as a whole, through the eyes of a brilliant, but complicated and contradictory figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 580g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781041186144\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Morton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48103633223930,"sku":"9781041186144","price":43.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1765550963348_book.jpg?v=1765613984","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/sir-rutherford-alcock-first-british-minister-to-japan-18591865-consul-18441859-and-minister-18651870-to-china-9781041186144","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}