The Origins of the Anglo-American Missionary Enterprise in China, 1807-1840

Download or read book The Origins of the Anglo-American Missionary Enterprise in China, 1807-1840 written by Murray A. Rubinstein and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rubinstein examines the efforts of the Protestant missionaries, representatives of evangelical mission societies in Great Britain and the United States, who sought to introduce Protestant Christianity to Canton, Guangdong Province, and the great empire that was the Qing-dominated China in the decades before the Opium War.