Saving the Nation: Chinese Protestant Elites and the Quest to Build a New China,

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Saving the Nation recounts the history of the Protestant elite and their struggle to strengthen and renew theirnation. Key to this effort was their belief that Christianity could save China DL that is, that Christianity could be more than a religion focused on saving individuals, but could also save a people, a society, and a nation.

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Alsace to the Alsatians? : Visions and Divisions of Alsatian Regionalism, 187…

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With each shift, French and German officials sought to win the allegiance of the local populace. In response to these pressures, Alsatians invoked regionalism—articulated as a political language, a cultural vision, and a community of identity—not only to define and defend their own interests against the nationalist claims of France and Germany, but also to push for social change, defend religious rights, and promote the status of the region within the larger national community.

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Alsace to the Alsatians? : Visions and Divisions of Alsatian Regionalism, 187…

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With each shift, French and German officials sought to win the allegiance of the local populace. In response to these pressures, Alsatians invoked regionalism—articulated as a political language, a cultural vision, and a community of identity—not only to define and defend their own interests against the nationalist claims of France and Germany, but also to push for social change, defend religious rights, and promote the status of the region within the larger national community.

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