This is a study of the relationship between Christianity and collective violence in late 19th-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presbyterian examples in the Guangdong province, the book examines the scale of Chinese conversions, the creation of Christian villages and the power relations between Christians, non-Christians and between different Christian denominations. The spread of Christianity needs to be understood in the context of intense violence within and between villages and lineages, and patterns of conversion often following the lines of existing communal divisions....
This is a study of the relationship between Christianity and collective violence in late 19th-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presby...
Bringing together historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this volume documents persistent prejudices against consistently marginal groups in China, and the moral claims they have mustered in response.
Bringing together historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this volume documents persistent prejudices against consistently marginal groups...
China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic discontent. This essay collection balances policy analysis with detailed investigation of escalating popular unrest to anticipate the future of Chinese governance & society.
China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic discontent. This ...
