Author: BRITISH QUAKER MISSION TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Title: Quakers Visit China London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Friends Peace and International Relations Committee
Description: London: Society of Friends, East-West Relations Committee and Peace Committee, 1956. Soft Cover. Soft cover is stapled wraps. Light blue cover with white lettering. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with a partial B/W map of China, showing Peking [Beijing] and areas south and west, and 7 B/W photographs. No publication date listed; probably from 1955/56. "In October 1955, after some years of preparation...the first visit from a Western, Chrisitan denomination to the new, Communist-led China. Six Friends took part. This book explains their purposes, describes their experiences, and sets forth their conclusions. Though different chapters have been written by different members of the team, the conclusions are the conclusions of them all" . Members of the team: Gerald Bailey; Grigor McClelland; Janet Rees; Johanna Reynolds; Christopher Taylor; Duncan Wood. 7 chapters; 2 appendices. Scarce title. ; B&W Illustrations and Map; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; iv, 73 pages; Cover has light sunning, bumping, shelf wear. Pages have light sunning.. Very Good+ .

Keywords: Christianity in Asia; Asian Christians; Religious Activisim; Communist China; Chinese History; Missionaries; Social History; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural History; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education European History Orient/Asia Geography E