"His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril" [[electronic resource] ] : protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967 / / Jiwu Wang
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| Autore: |
Wang Jiwu <1956->
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| Titolo: |
"His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril" [[electronic resource] ] : protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967 / / Jiwu Wang
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| Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 266/.022089951071 |
| Soggetto topico: | Chinese - Missions - Canada - History |
| Protestant churches - Missions - Canada - History | |
| Chinese - Canada - Religion | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Chine |
| Titolo autorizzato: | "His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril" |
| ISBN: | 1-55458-815-4 |
| 1-280-46564-6 | |
| 9786610465644 | |
| 1-55458-141-9 | |
| 1-4237-8562-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910449934403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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