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About Kenneth Scott Latourette
Kenneth Scott Latourette (August 6, 1884 – December 26, 1968) was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work. Although he did not learn the Chinese language, he became known for his magisterial scholarly surveys of the history of world Christianity, the history of China, and of American relations with East Asia.
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“`The Church', as Latourette has pointed out, `had become a partner in Western imperialism.'”
“Truculent and lawless, regarding all Eastern peoples as legitimate prey, they were little if any better than . . . pirates.”
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Kenneth Scott Latourette on Western imperialism in Asia
“Truculent and lawless, regarding all Eastern peoples as legitimate prey, they were little if any better than . . . pirates.”
About Kenneth Scott Latourette
Kenneth Scott Latourette (August 6, 1884 – December 26, 1968) was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work. Although he did not learn the Chinese language, he became known for his magisterial scholarly surveys of the history of world Christianity, the history of China, and of American relations with East Asia.