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Author Dong, Linfu, 1961-

Title Cross culture and faith : the life and work of James Mellon Menzies / Linfu Dong.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 329 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index.
Summary James Mellon Menzies (1885-1957) was a Canadian engineer, Presbyterian missionary, and archaeologist active in China in the 1920s and 1930s. In a tradition that saw archaeology as a means of gathering artefacts for the collections of Western museums, Menzies believed in collecting for the people of China. He also saw his archaeological work as an extension of his missionary work, connecting, through his discoveries, the religious beliefs of ancient China to those of evangelical Christianity. In Cross Culture and Faith, Linfu Dong sheds new light on the modern encounter between China and the West through Menzies's life, work, and thought. He elucidates the difficult 'negotiation' processes that Menzies endured on multiple levels and with multiple forces, including Chinese nationalism, Western imperialism, the evangelical Mission, and his own personal interest in Chinese archaeology within that world. Despite his belief in assuring Chinese artefacts remained in China, some of Menzies's personal collection was donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in British Columbia. This has assured his place in the cultural memory of both East and West - appropriate, since his life so often straddled the two worlds.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Rural Ontario, 1885�1903""; ""2 Toronto, 1903�1905""; ""3 From Commitment to Departure, 1905�1910""; ""4 North Henan, 1910""; ""5 The Early Years, 1910�1917""; ""6 Somewhere in France, 1917�1920""; ""7 Rest and Return, 1921�1927""; ""8 Converts, Education, and Nationalism""; ""9 The Waste of Yin, 1917�1927""; ""10 Museums and Collectors""; ""11 Interlude, 1927�1928""; ""12 Marking Time, 1930�1931""; ""13 Next Stage, the 1930s""; ""14 Mature Archaelogist, the 1930s""; ""15 Frustrating Exile, 1936�1941""
""16 American Interlude and Postwar Hiatus, 1942�1947""""17 The Last Stage, 1948�1957""; ""18 Conclusion""; ""Epilogue: James Menzies's Legacy""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Illustration Credits""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Illustrations""
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Subject Menzies, James M. (James Mellon)
Menzies, James M. (James Mellon)
Presbyterian Church in Canada -- Missions -- China -- History.
Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Missions.
China.
History.
Menzies, James Mellon, 1885-1957.
Menzies, James M. (James Mellon), 1885-1957.
Menzies, James M.
Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Menzies, James M. (James Mellon), 1885-1957.
Menzies, James M. (James Mellon), 1885-1957.
Presbyterian Church in Canada -- Missions -- Chine -- Histoire.
Menzies, James M.
Missions, Canadian -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Missions, Canadian.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Archaeologists -- China -- Biography.
Archaeologists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Missionaries -- China -- Biography.
Missionaries.
Archaeologists -- Canada -- Biography.
Canada.
Missionaries -- Canada -- Biography.
Henan Sheng (China) -- Antiquities.
Missions, Canadian -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1910-1930
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Dong, Linfu, 1961- Cross culture and faith. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2005 9780802038692 (DLC) 2006295443 (OCoLC)57207989
ISBN 9781442673618 (electronic book)
1442673613 (electronic book)
1282028898
9781282028890
0802038697 (bound)
9780802038692