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Chinese basket babies : a German missionary foundling home and the girls it raised (1850s-1914) /
Although the term and its meaning are little known today, everyone knew what foundlings were in the 19th century. They were unwanted infants abandoned by their parents. The plight of such children in China, believed by some to be eaten alive by wild animals, raised an outcry in parts of Western Euro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wiesbaden, Germany :
Otto Harrassowitz GmbH,
2014.
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| Colección: | Opera sinologica ;
26. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Although the term and its meaning are little known today, everyone knew what foundlings were in the 19th century. They were unwanted infants abandoned by their parents. The plight of such children in China, believed by some to be eaten alive by wild animals, raised an outcry in parts of Western Europe at that time. Chinese Basket Babies is a study of a home intended to rescue these children, almost all baby girls, started by one of the earliest German Protestant women's missionary associations in the early 1850s. Established in the British colony of Hong Kong, Findelhaus Bethesda (Berli. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783447192927 3447192925 |
| ISSN: | 0949-7927 ; 0949-7927 |