Introduction: The City of the Missionary -- I. Canton, the Canton System, and the Western Merchant Community -- II. Robert Morrison and the Roots of the Anglo-American Mission Enterprise in China, 1782-1807 -- III. Robert Morrison in Canton, 1807-1819 -- IV. Tragedy and Triumph, 1820-1827 -- V. Forging the Anglo-American Evangelical Missionary Enterprise, 1820-1829 -- VI. The Men of the American Board Mission: Questions of Background, 1800-1829 -- VII. A Trans-Atlantic Mission Community Evolves in Canton, 1830-1834 -- VIII. The Mission Community and the Coming of the Opium War, 1834-1840 -- Conclusion: A Graveyard in Macao on a Bright November Day
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Includes bibliographical references ([365]-386 pages) and index