China Under the Search-Light (Paperback)

William Arthur Cornaby

ISBN 10: 1108014119 / ISBN 13: 9781108014113

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010

Paperback. A London-born Wesleyan Methodist missionary, William Arthur Cornaby (18601921) spent over thirty years in China, where he edited The Chinese Christian Review, and, from 1905, the Ta Tung Pao, a weekly magazine targeted at Chinese officials and scholars. His many books on Chinese culture and civilisation, including A String of Chinese Peach-Stones (1895) and Rambles in Central China (1896), provide detailed sketches of Chinese rural life and customs. The later China Under the Search-Light, first published in 1901, uses Western cliches about China as a point of departure to offer a more nuanced understanding of the underlying facts and problems specific to Chinese society. In this book, Cornaby discusses contemporary topics such as overcrowding in Shanghai, mandarins, and Buddhism. He also scrutinises newspapers, novels, and aesthetic traditions, offering an elementary introduction to Chinese culture as perceived by a nineteenth-century British missionary. Originally published in 1901, this book offers an elementary introduction to Chinese culture as perceived by a nineteenth-century British missionary. Using Western cliches about China as a point of departure, it aims at providing a more nuanced understanding of the underlying facts and problems specific to Chinese society. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781108014113

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First published in 1901, this book offers an introduction to Chinese culture and civilisation as perceived by a British missionary.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: China Under the Search-Light (Paperback)
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new