A Study Of Protestant Missionary Works By Publications In The West China During The Modern History (before 1949)

This dissertation focuses on the regional history of Christianity in the West China, and especially on the Protestant missionary works by publications and their social influences. The West China regions that I refer to in this paper in general include Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan provinces and Chongqing city, today named as the Southwest of China.About the researches on the Protestant literature works in the Southwest, there are few articles published in academic journals at home and abroad. The dissertation may be the first work in this field.Through researching the purposes, rise and development of the literature works of the Protestant churches in the Southwest, the establishment and management of the publishing organizations, the contents in their publications and the models of their distribution, this paper will aim to give a serious evaluation and detailed analysis to the features, questions and significance of the missionary work of Protestant churches in the Southwest, in order to supply a historical mirror for both the publication circles and churches in China today. I hope to make some contribution to the deep studies in the regional history of the Southwest, in the Christian history of the Southwest and in the publication history in China.According to the different characteristics of the development of the Christian literature works in the Southwest, the dissertation divides its phase into the following...