The Impact of the Telegraph on Anglo-Japanese Diplomacy during the Nineteenth Century
In our age of high-speed communication, it is easy to underestimate how vast the distance between Britain and Japan really is. At a time when it took over four months for letters to cross from Japan to Britain and back, the first British diplomats posted there were almost completely isolated by thei...
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| Language: | English |
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The Japan Foundation, Sydney
2009-12-01
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| Series: | New Voices |
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| Online Access: | http://newvoices.org.au/volume-3/the-impact-of-the-telegraph-on-anglo-japanese-diplomacy-during-the-nineteenth-century/ |