At the turn of the century women represented over half of the american foreign mission force and had settled in heathen china to preach the lessons of christian domesticity in this engrossing narrative jane hunter uses diaries reminiscences and letters to recreate the backgrounds of the missionaries and the problems and satisfactions they found in china. At the turn of the century women represented over half of the american foreign mission force and had settled in heathen china to preach the lessons of christian domesticity in this engrossing narrative jane hunter uses diaries reminiscences and letters to recreate the backgrounds of the missionaries and the problems and satisfactions they found in china. At the turn of the century women represented over half of the american foreign mission force and had settled in heathen china to preach the lessons of christian domesticity in this engrossing narrative jane hunter uses diaries reminiscences and letters to recreate the backgrounds of the missionaries and the problems and satisfactions they found in china. The gospel of gentility american women missionaries in turn of the century china hunter jane 9780300046038 books amazonca