num_pages: 538
description: In China's Millions veteran historian Alvyn Austin presents a compelling historical narrative of the China Inland Mission (now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship) -- the first history of the CIM by an outsider -- including 36 never-before-published illustrations and maps from the CIM/OMF archives. In the course of his sweeping survey, Austin examines a remarkable array of subjects, from the visionary, charismatic sect-leader Pastor Hsi, to the "wordless book," a missionary teaching device that fit perfectly with Chinese color cosmology, to the opium-soaked aftermath of the North China Famine of 1877-79.
language: English
title: China's Millions: The China Insland Mission and late Qing Society, 1832-1905
titlecomplete: China's Millions: The China Insland Mission and late Qing Society, 1832-1905 (Studies in the History of Christian Missions)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.