Waiting for China: The Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1818-1843, and Early Nineteenth-Century Missions
by Harrison, Brian
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9622090117
- ISBN 13
- 9789622090118
- Seller
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About This Item
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1979. 212pp. Illustrated. An account of early attempts to introduce Western methods and values into China; specifically the experiments made by Protestant missionaries in the 19th century towards crating a basis for mutual understanding between the cultural and scientific traditions of China and the West. The author presents the story of the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca on the Malaysian peninsula as an example of one such experiment. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006270
- Title
- Waiting for China: The Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1818-1843, and Early Nineteenth-Century Missions
- Author
- Harrison, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9622090117
- ISBN 13
- 9789622090118
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- China Chinese History
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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