{"product_id":"dreams-of-a-young-republic-the-american-vincentians-in-china-hardback-9781496237743","title":"Dreams of a Young Republic; The American Vincentians in China (Hardback) 9781496237743","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDreams of a Young Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe American Vincentians in China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn J. Harney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496237743, University of Nebraska Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e206 pages, 9 photographs, 1 map, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“John Harney’s rich analytical insights give us a window into the American Vincentians’ lived social and political experiences in the Chinese interior. \u003ci\u003eDreams of a Young Republic\u003c\/i\u003e not only complements existing scholarly interpretations of the interplay between religion and politics in modern China but also offers a nuanced analysis of the Chinese reception of, and opposition to, Catholicism at the local level.”-Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, editor of \u003ci\u003eChristianizing South China: Mission, Development, and Identity in Modern Chaoshan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Congregation of the Mission, a Catholic order known as the Vincentians after their founder Saint Vincent de Paul, began missionary work in China in 1699. First run by French priests and nuns, American priests took over a large vicariate in the south of China in 1921. French envoys of nineteenth-century imperialism had given way to American priests who ascribed to an idealized vision of a modern democratic China. For the Americans, China was a dream: a place liberated from centuries of imperial orthodoxy, a nascent democracy, a country that would forever be free and democratic-and thus one that would inevitably be capitalist and more friendly to Catholicism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDreams of a Young Republic\u003c\/i\u003e John J. Harney examines the perceptions and expectations of this group of American Catholic missionaries between the 1911 revolution that created the Republic of China and the communist revolution of 1949 that led to the collapse of that republic on the Chinese mainland. The Vincentians experienced warlordism, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek’s partial unification of the country, Japanese invasion during World War II, and communist revolution. Through all this they clung to a vision of a free, democratic China friendly to the West. As Harney contextualizes the Vincentians’ observations and desires, he provides insight into the China that came to be and offers a history of a Sino-American relationship with much deeper roots than the antagonisms of the Cold War and the decades that have followed.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Note on Language\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Chinese Dreams\u003cbr\u003e 2. Americans in China\u003cbr\u003e 3. Transitions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Frontier\u003cbr\u003e 5. Church, State, and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reds\u003cbr\u003e 7. War\u003cbr\u003e 8. Exile\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600269504792,"sku":"9781496237743","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dreams-of-a-young-republic-the-american-vincentians-in-china-hardback-9781496237743","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}