The Foochow Missionaries, 1847-1880 / Ellsworth C. Carlson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlson, Ellsworth C., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 51.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--China--Fu-chou shih (Fukien Province).

Missions.

Protestant churches--Missions.

Protestant churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1974.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1974.

Summary:

This detailed study investigates the early decades (1847-1880) of Protestant missionary work in one of the important provincial capitals of China. Missionary activities are examined from the points of view of the missionaries themselves, of the British and American consuls in Foochow, and of the Chinese officials in Foochow and in the Prefectural and District Cities around. The author gives careful consideration to the obstacles to missionary success, including sources of conflict between the missionaries and the Chinese. The Wu-shih-shan incident of 1878 in Foochow is given special attention.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

"White For the Harvest"

"Imperious Gait and High Heads"

"The Scribes and the Pharisees of China"

Missionary Labors and Results in the 1850s

"This Obdurate City"

"Beyond Our Best Expectations"

Lo-yüan, Yen-p'ing, and the "Poison Scare" of 1871

The Wu-shih-shan Incident of 1878

Missionaries in Foochow, 1847-1880

Persecutions in the Outstations of the Foochow Missions, 1860-1880

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

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ISBN:

9781684171828

1684171822

OCLC:

654484101

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684171828 DOI