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U. S. protestant missionary who spent 54 years in China and wrote books about China; Chinese Characteristics for a long time was an influential book among English-language readers
Arthur Henderson Smith
Works
- Chinese Characteristics (transcription project)
- Village Life in China Project Gutenberg, Biblioteca Sinica link
- The Uplift of China
- China in Convulsion Biblioteca Sinica link
- The Proverbs and Common Sayings of the Chinese, Biblioteca Sinica link
Works about Smith
Criticism
- Chapter John Smith in China in The Spirit of the Chinese People (1915) by Gu Hongming opens with criticizing the work of Arthur Smith, specifically Chinese Characteristics, which to the Chinese author seemed portraying the Chinese as inferior to "Westerners".
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1932, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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