Harrison, Brian.

Waiting for China. The Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1818-1843, and Early Nineteenth-Century Missions.

Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong. (c.1979). x + 212pp, very good in dustjacket. Useful appendices include a list of the staff at the College (including Robert Morrison, the author of the 6 volume 'Dictionary of the Chinese Language' published Macao 1815 - 1823); a list of the students enrolled at the college between 1818 and 1843; a list of the publications of the Mission Press/Anglo-Chinese Press, Malacca, bibliography, index, notes. "The work of Jesuit missionaries of the 17th and 18th centuries in placing their knowledge of mechanics, astronomy and medicine at the disposal of the Chinese imperial court has often been described. Less well known are the experiments made by Protestant missionaries of the early 19th century towards creating a basis for mutual understanding between the cultural and scientific traditions of China and the West. The author of this book presents the story of the Anglo-Chinese college at Malacca on the Malaysian peninsula as an example of one such experiment which was carried out while waiting for China to open her doors to the missionaries and merchants of a new century. He discusses not only the educational aims and achievements of the College, but also its wider significance in relation both to the Western approach to China and to the painful process of change and modernization which was eventually to shape the China of today." Publisher's description.

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