Outposts of Diplomacy : A History of the Embassy.

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Fifteenth-Century Beginnings
2. Expanding Duties
3. Household and Buildings
4. Pre-Telegraphic Communications
5. Nineteenth-Century High Point
6. Enter the Americas
7. The Middle East and Africa
8. Far Eastern Compounds
9. Back Seat after the First World War
10. Stubborn Institution
Epilogue
Note on Sources
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index.