Building an Ecclesiastical Real Estate Empire in Late Imperial China
This article examines the French Catholic missionaries' property acquisitions in late imperial China. It traces the historical trajectory leading up to the construction of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Guangzhou and the purchase of real estate in the neighborhood surrounding it. It argues that...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Έκδοση: |
2018
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Στο/Στη: |
The catholic historical review
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 104, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 636-658 |
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Pariser Missionsgesellschaft
/ Guangzhou
/ Αγορά ακινήτου
/ Εκκλησιαστικό κτήριο <μοτίβο>
/ Ιστορία (μοτίβο) 1724-1899
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Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | KAH Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1648-1913, Νεότερη Εποχή KBM Ασία KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία RJ Ιεραποστολή, Ιεραποστολική επιστήμη |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Catholic church buildings
B Catholic B Church lands B Catholic Church B Church property B Real property; China B Church Buildings B Cathedral design & construction B Catholic missionaries B China B Guangzhou B France B Property |
Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Σύνοψη: | This article examines the French Catholic missionaries' property acquisitions in late imperial China. It traces the historical trajectory leading up to the construction of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Guangzhou and the purchase of real estate in the neighborhood surrounding it. It argues that while colonialism contributed greatly to the creation of a real estate empire, the mission's adoption of pragmatic methods as an economic player helped in the process, but by doing so the mission largely ignored regulations regarding church property acquisition both from the Chinese government and Sino-French agreements. |
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ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2019.0014 |