Jiangyin Mission Station: An American Missionary Community in China, 1895-1951
(Part of the James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science Series)
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Lawrence Kessler uses the Jiangyin mission station in the Shanghai region of China to explore Chinese-American cultural interaction in the first half of the twentieth century. He concludes that the Protestant missionary movement was welcomed by the Chinese not because of the religious message it spread but because of the secular benefits it provided.
Like other missions, the Jiangyin Station, which was sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807850624
ISBN13:9780807850626
Release Date:April 1996
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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