Fuzhou Protestants and the Making of a Modern China, 1857-1927

by Ryan Dunch

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking examination of Chinese Protestants and their place in the history of modern China, Ryan Dunch focuses on the Fuzhou area of southeast China from the mid-nineteenth century until 1927, when a national revolutionary government was established. Though accounting for only a small proportion of the population, Protestants occupied a central place in Fuzhou's political, intellectual, and social life, Dunch contends. He shows how Chinese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300212135
• ISBN13: 9780300212136
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"