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THE GOSPEL OF GENTILITY

THE GOSPEL OF

GENTILITY "\\., ~

American Women Missionaries in Tum. .of. .the . .Century China ~~

Jane Hunter

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON

In order to keep this title in print, this edition was produced using digital printing technology in a relatively short print run. This would not have been attainable using traditional printing methods. Although the reproduction of this copy may not appear the same as in the original edition. the text remains the same and all materials and methods used still conform to the highest bookmaking standards.

Published with assistance from the Frederick Jackson Turner Award of the Organization of American Historians. Copyright © 1984 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Sally Harris and set in Goudy Old Style type by The S