| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Series |
Editions SR ; v. 31 |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter 1. Chinese Immigrants and Their Lives in Canada; Chapter 2. Individual Missionary Efforts to Reach Chinese Immigrants in Canada since 1859; Chapter 3. Establishment of the Missions: The Organized Work among the Chinese from 1885 to 1923; Chapter 4. Crisis and Development: Missions from 1923 to 1967; Chapter 5. Response to Chinese Immigrants and the Motives and Methods of the Protestant Missions; Chapter 6. Chinese Response to Protestant Missions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
A history of Chinese immigrants encounter with Canadian Protestant missionaries, "His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril": Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967, analyzes the evangelizing activities of missionaries and the role of religion in helping Chinese immigrants affirm their ethnic identity in a climate of cultural conflict. Jiwu Wang argues that, by working toward a vision of Canada that espoused Anglo-Saxon Protestant values, missionaries inevitably reinforced popular cultural stereotypes about the Chinese and widened the gap between Chinese and Canadian commu |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Missions -- Canada -- History
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- Canada -- History
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RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions.
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Chinese -- Missions
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Protestant churches -- Missions
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006389151 |
| ISBN |
9781554581412 |
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1554581419 |
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