| Gender, Culture, and Christianity: American Protestant Mission Schools in China 1880-1930 Contributor(s): Graham, Gael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820427675 ISBN-13: 9780820427676 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - History | United States - 19th Century - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 377.840 |
| LCCN: 94047552 |
| Series: Asian Thought and Culture, |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1880 and 1930, Christian schools established in China by American Protestant missionaries were at the peak of their popularity and autonomy. During these years, a burgeoning professional ethos and the desire to compete with native schools led to the steady secularization of the mission schools. Americans also used these schools in a campaign to alter the gender beliefs and customs of the Chinese. The emergence of Chinese nationalism and rapid social change in the 1920s, however, caused American teaching missionaries to question their role in China. |