Christianity in Rural China: Conflict and Accommodation in Jiangxi Province, 1860-1900

Mungello, D. E., The Catholic Historical Review

Christianity in Rural China: Conflict and Accommodation in Jiangxi Province, 1860-1900. By Alan Richard Sweeten. [Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies, no. 91.) (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan Press. 2001. Pp. xii, 281. $ 50.00.)

The study of the history of Christianity in China in recent years has shifted from the vast national panorama (macrohistory) with the focus on the imperial court at Beijing to regional and local histories (microhistory) with the emphasis on ordinary people. This shift has been reinforced by the current interest in social history. Christianity in Rural China reflects both of these tendencies.

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Publication information: Article title: Christianity in Rural China: Conflict and Accommodation in Jiangxi Province, 1860-1900. Contributors: Mungello, D. E. - Author. Journal title: The Catholic Historical Review. Volume: 88. Issue: 3 Publication date: July 2002. Page number: 624+. © 2003 The Catholic University of America Press. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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