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Gospel Of Gentility

American Women Missionaries in Turn of the Century China [Paperback]

by Jane Hunter

    • Author

      Jane Hunter

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Yale University Press

    • Published

      September 1989

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      Gospel Of Gentility

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      Product Description

      At the turn of the century, women represented over half of the American foreign mission force and had settled in "heathen" China to preach the lessons of Christian domesticity. In this engrossing narrative, Jane Hunter uses diaries, reminiscences, and letters to recreate the backgrounds of the missionaries and the problems and satisfactions they found in China. Her book offers insights not only into the experiences of these women but also into the ways they mirrored the female culture of Victorian America. "A subtle and finely written book...[on] an aspect of the mission world in China that has never before received such probing, affectionate, detailed treatment."-Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books "An important and often entertaining work...New angles on imperialism and gentility alike."-Martin E. Marty, Reviews in American History "A triumph of sophisticated subtle intelligence. Though quite cognizant of the dark side of the confluence of American nationalism and the missionary enterprise, Hunter's interest is in moving beyond that understanding to explore how the meeting of two cultures affected, and was shaped by, a female angle of vision."-Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Signs "Jane Hunter writes better than most novelists, and she has a topic more demanding and rewarding than the subjects many novelists deal with. Her story of the valiant and ofttimes guilt-ridden women who ventured to China, singly or with spouses, to win the country for Christ creates a world and beckons readers into it."-Christian Century

      Specification

      • Author

        Jane Hunter

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Yale University Press

      • Published

        September 1989

      • Edition

        New edition

      • Weight

        504g

      • Page Count

        342

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 20 mm

      • ISBN

        9780300046038

      • ISBN-10

        0300046030

      • Eden Code

        1148512

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      • Author/Creator: Jane Hunter

      • ISBN: 9780300046038

      • Publisher: Yale University Press

      • Release Date: September 1989

      • Weight: 504g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 20 mm

      • Eden Code: 1148512

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