At the Frontier of God's Empire - Li, Ji (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of Histo
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Drawing on the remarkable personal archive of a French Catholic missionary, Alfred Marie Caubrière (1876-1948), At the Frontier of God's Empire examines Manchuria during the tumultuous early twentieth century. With vivid vignettes illustrating everyday interaction between indigenous Chinese people and international players, each story and record personalizes the Catholic Church's expansion in East Asia, the interplay of missions and empire, the intense transformation of Chinese local society, and their profound consequences in the making of modern China.

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Produktbeschreibung
Drawing on the remarkable personal archive of a French Catholic missionary, Alfred Marie Caubrière (1876-1948), At the Frontier of God's Empire examines Manchuria during the tumultuous early twentieth century. With vivid vignettes illustrating everyday interaction between indigenous Chinese people and international players, each story and record personalizes the Catholic Church's expansion in East Asia, the interplay of missions and empire, the intense transformation of Chinese local society, and their profound consequences in the making of modern China.
Autorenporträt
Ji Li is Associate Professor of History at The University of Hong Kong. Her research areas center on the history of Christianity, religion and local society, and women and gender in late imperial and modern China.