{"product_id":"dreams-of-a-young-republic-the-american-vincentians-in-china-hardcover","title":"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Harney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, a large vicariate in the south of China was taken over by American priests 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn J. Harney\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Centre College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Infields: Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895-1968\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2019). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978268770605,"sku":"9781496237743","price":89.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/A4xOzwLn2K9781496237743.webp?v=1775801367","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/dreams-of-a-young-republic-the-american-vincentians-in-china-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}