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Ch 1: Introduction: Imaginaries and Modernities
Ch 1-1: The West China Cohort
Ch 2: The West China Mission
Ch 2-1: Local West China Missionary News
Ch 2-2: Mission School Systems
Ch 3: Phase 1 - The Setting and the Call
Ch 3-2: Future Missionary Childhoods
Ch 3-3: Missionary Training for Women
Ch 4: Phase 2 - Initiation Journey
Ch 4-1: Overland Travel in Sichuan
Ch 4-2: Air Travel Comes to West China
Ch 4-3: The Marine Lynx, 1946
Ch 4.4: The Backdoor to Sichuan
Ch 5: Phase 3 - Initiation into Missionary Work
Ch 5-1: Learning the Chinese Language
Ch 6: Phase 4 - Missionary Life "In the Field"
Ch 6-2: Holy Cows: Milk for Church and Nation
Ch 7: Phase 5 - Enculturation of Missionary Microculture
Ch 7-1: Home Schooling in West China
Ch 7-2: Holidays in West China
Ch 7-3: Made in Heaven: Adventures in Endogamy
Ch 8: Phase 6 - Furlough: Missionary Life "At Home"
Ch 8-1: Sending Off for Furlough
Ch 8-2: Furloughs as Safety Valves
Ch 8-3: Finding "Home" on Furlough
Ch 9: Phase 7 - Leaving the Field
Ch 9-1: Departing Souls: Foreign Graveyards
Ch 9-2: Gold Star Missionaries
Ch 9-3: Missionary Persecution in the Final Days
Ch 9-4: Family Separations: Leaving Loved Ones Behind
Ch 10: Phase 8 - After China
Ch 10-1: Problems with Ex-Missionaries
Ch 10-2: Ex-Missionary Communities and Friendship Societies
Ch 10-3: Returning to West China
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