Description:

'Pilgrims and Strangers: The China Inland Mission in Britain, Canada, The United States and China 1865-1900'

Date(s) of creation:	March 1996
Level:	Item
Format:	Archive

Reference number:

MS 381099

Summary:

Copy of a York University (Ontario) PhD thesis by Alvyn James Austin. the thesis takes the form of an institutional history of the CIM from its founding in 1865 to the Boxer uprising in 1900. The central argument is that the 'key to understanding the CIM [was] its abilty to adopt the national culture of each place so it appeared English in England, Canadian in Canada, and Chinese in China'. The thesis is divided in to three parts, looking at the work of three generations of missionaries (1832-1878; 1878-1988 and 1888-1901). The northwestern province of Shanxi is used as a case study throughout.

Main author:

Austin; Alvyn James (fl 1996); historian

Previous numbers:

SCRR Ref. 133

Extent:

1 volume (341 pages)

Admin history:

Alvyn James Austin studied for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History at York University, North York, Ontario in the mid 1990s. He went on to become Adjunct Professor of Asian history at Brock University and History Professor affiliated with York University.

Acquisition:

Removed from main library collection during reorganisation of reading room in September 2011. Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Access status:

Open

Language:

English

Format: