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Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China
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Hardcover. The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the-century China. They discuss their missionary activities in the villages of North China and their struggle to master the Chinese Mandarin dialect. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 maps, 7 illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152. .
The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the century China. In addition to discussing their missionary activities in the villages of North China and their struggle to master the Chinese Mandarin dialect, the Ewings describe the impact of Western culture upon the social structure of Imperial China as they lived it. Ruoff sets the larger scene about which the Ewings wrote: the Sino-Japanese war, the extra-territorial treaties, the Boxer Uprising, the foreign military interventions, the belated effort to modernize by the Manchu dynasty, the struggle against opium addiction, the ... Read more
The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the century China. In addition to discussing their missionary activities in the villages of North China and their struggle to master the Chinese Mandarin dialect, the Ewings describe the impact of Western culture upon the social structure of Imperial China as they lived it. Ruoff sets the larger scene about which the Ewings wrote: the Sino-Japanese war, the extra-territorial treaties, the Boxer Uprising, the foreign military interventions, the belated effort to modernize by the Manchu dynasty, the struggle against opium addiction, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873384148
SKU
V9780873384148
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