The Missionary Mind and American East Asia Policy, 1911-1915

by James Reed

At a telling moment in the development of American East Asia policy, the dream of a Christian China, made vivid by the utterances of returned missionaries, fired the imagination of the general public, influenced opinion leaders and policymakers, and furthered the Open Door doctrine. Missionary-inspired enthusiasm for China ran parallel to the different attitude of the American business community, which viewed Japan as the more appropriate focus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674576578
• ISBN13: 9780674576575
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"