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The Cultural Contribution of British Protestant Missionaries and British-America. Cooperation to China's National Development During the 1920s.
Dan Cui
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Description for The Cultural Contribution of British Protestant Missionaries and British-America. Cooperation to China's National Development During the 1920s.
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
During the period of 1920-1930, British Protestant and American missionaries engaged in many cultural activities in China, which in many ways, helped to promote China's modernization and development as a nation. In this thought-provoking study, Cui examines the missions' contributions to Chinese medical services, educational systems, and social reform, including the missionaries' influence on Chinese women's emancipation through missionary work. In making this assessment of the positive cultural achievements of the Protestant missionaries and their unique role in promoting China's progress and modernization, the author contradicts many traditional accounts by Chinese scholars. Recommended for all scholars of Chinese and East ... Read more
During the period of 1920-1930, British Protestant and American missionaries engaged in many cultural activities in China, which in many ways, helped to promote China's modernization and development as a nation. In this thought-provoking study, Cui examines the missions' contributions to Chinese medical services, educational systems, and social reform, including the missionaries' influence on Chinese women's emancipation through missionary work. In making this assessment of the positive cultural achievements of the Protestant missionaries and their unique role in promoting China's progress and modernization, the author contradicts many traditional accounts by Chinese scholars. Recommended for all scholars of Chinese and East ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761810292
SKU
V9780761810292
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About Dan Cui
Dan Cui teaches history at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto.
Reviews for The Cultural Contribution of British Protestant Missionaries and British-America. Cooperation to China's National Development During the 1920s.
...a welcome edition to the literature on Christian missions in modern China...a valuable study...
Ryan Dunch, University of Alberta Co-operating with like-minded American missionaries...the university-trained British missionaries sought to promote the ideas of China's own secular reformers.
China Quarterly
. . . the wealth of information contained in the book will make it a useful reference work. ... Read more
Ryan Dunch, University of Alberta Co-operating with like-minded American missionaries...the university-trained British missionaries sought to promote the ideas of China's own secular reformers.
China Quarterly
. . . the wealth of information contained in the book will make it a useful reference work. ... Read more