The British consul
Subtitle: heir to a great tradition
By: John Dickie.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780231700177
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Foreign and Commonwealth Office.; Diplomatic and consular service, British -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-252) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: First in the field; value: The empire builders; value: The men who went to the East; value: The men who went farthest: the Far East service; value: The era of the investigators and reformers; value: Transformation of the consul; value: Reorganisation of the service; value: Facing new threats and disasters; value: Strategy for the years ahead; value: Bibliography.