John Hedley in North China & Inner Mongolia, 1897-1912
By: Brett B. Bodemer
Publisher: EastBridge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norwalk, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781599880129
Subjects: Biography; Missionaries; Description and travel; British Missions; History
Other titles: John Hedley in North China and Inner Mongolia, 1897-1912.
Description: "[This book] combines a wealth of Hedley's works and letters with other documentation, including the mission's own newsletter, Gleanings in harvest fields, to produce a very readable study of his China in it political, social, and economic contexts."--From back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-193).
Table of contents: title: North England; title: North China; title: Flood and reaction; title: First pastoral journeys; title: Rolling thunder; title: Running for cover; title: Picking up the pieces; title: Despelling the darkness: author and explorer; title: Twilight of empire; title: Coda.