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The widow's quest : the Byers extraterritorial case in Hainan, China, 1924-1925

Title
The widow's quest : the Byers extraterritorial case in Hainan, China, 1924-1925 / Kathleen L. Lodwick.
Author
Lodwick, Kathleen L.
Publication
Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [2003], ©2003.

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199 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Mrs. Clara Byers, the pregnant mother of four, was widowed in June 1924 when her husband George, a Presbyterian missionary, was murdered, in a botched kidnapping, at Kachek, in the interior of Hainan Island, off the south coast of China. The murder set off an extraterritoriality incident which quickly became a conundrum in which American, British, and Chinese officials; Mrs. Byers, her friends, and relatives; and church organizations in China and America all tried to decide how to enforce American treaty rights, protect mission interests, and provide support for the Byers family. Based on American and British consular archives and those of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and members of the Hainan mission, this is the story of how Mrs. Byers and her ally, Mrs. Mabel Roys, the sole woman on the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), successfully got the government and their church to take action."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Byers, Clara P
  • Byers, George D., -1924 > Death and burial
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions > History > 20th century
  • Missionaries' spouses > Qionghai Shi > History > 20th century
  • Missionaries' spouses > United States > History > 20th century
  • Exterritoriality > Cases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-195) and index.
Contents
Brief Chronology of Some Events in China -- List of People and Church Bodies Involved -- 1. The Murder and the Milieu -- 2. The Immediate Aftermath of the Murder -- 3. The Extraterritoriality Case -- 4. The Indemnity is Collected -- 5. The BFM and Support for the Byers Family -- 6. Conclusion.
ISBN
0934223734 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2002156783
  • R3-368571
OCLC
  • 51336331
  • ocm51336331
  • SCSB-5178919
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Columbia University Libraries