The Missionary Mind and American East Asia Policy, 1911-1915

James Reed

Foreword by John King Fairbank

    Foreword by John King Fairbank

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    PART 1: Mind

    1. The Missionary Mind

    The Myth of Christian Civilization

    The Idea of Christian China

    The Missionary Mind in Action

    2. The Business Mind

    American Interests: Material View

    The Significance of American Interests

    Asia and the Business Community

    3. The Mind of the Foreign-Policy Public

    Asia in the Minds of the Critical and Articulate

    The Mind of the Opinion Leadership

    The Foreign-Policy Public and the Missionary Mind

    PART 2: Policy

    4. Recognition: the American Public and the Chinese Republican Revolution

    The Official reaction

    The Public Reaction

    The Politicization of China

    Explaining Public Opinion

    5. Nonrecognition: The American Policy-Makers and the Twenty-One Demands

    The Twenty-one Demands and the Official Minds: The Policy Options

    The Prudent Friend

    A Very Weighty State Paper: The Decision to Protest

    Group 5

    Champions of China

    Conclusion

    Appendix

    Notes

    Biobliography

    Index

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John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.