Author: Hunter, Jane

The gospel of gentility : American women missionaries in turn-of-the-century China
Date1984
Publish_locationNew Haven
PublisherYale University Press
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberBV3415.2.H86 1984
Descriptionxxi, 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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The gospel of gentility : American women missionaries in turn-of-the-century China / Jane Hunter.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307) and index.
[Library copy extensive underlining in text].

Contents: Chinese reform, American mission, and "woman's work" -- Commitment -- Single women and mission community -- Married women and missionary vocation -- Domestic empire -- Imperial evangelism -- Chinese women and Christian identity -- Afterword: Amazons in Cathay.

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SubjectWomen missionaries--China Women missionaries--China--Biography Women missionaries--United States--Biography Missions, American--China--History--19th century Missions, American--China--History--20th century
ISBN0300028784 ; 9780300028782
LCCN83016668
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