Waiting for China: The Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1818-1843, and Early Nineteenth-Century Missions
Harrison, Brian
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212pp. Illustrated. An account of early attempts to introduce Western methods and values into China; specifically the experiments made by Protestant missionaries in the 19th century towards crating a basis for mutual understanding between the cultural and scientific traditions of China and the West. The author presents the story of the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca on the Malaysian peninsula as an example of one such experiment. Clean. Seller Inventory # 006270
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Title: Waiting for China: The Anglo-Chinese College...
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
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