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1、BOOKREVIEWS395FallawdemonstratescrucialintellectualsensitivitytothematerialculturalconditionsconfrontedbymanyoftheCardenistateachers.Forinstance,heremindsus,asotherscholarspreviouslypointedout,thatmanyoftherevolutionaryteacherswerepoorlyeducated,werequitepoo
2、rlypaid,anddidnothavethesortsofphysicalprotectionthatthey(especiallythefemaleteachers)requiredinsuchmisogynisticandhostileenvironments.Moreover,aspreviousscholarshipdemon-strated,manyoftheteacherswerealmostentirelyignorantofthematerialculturalworldsoftheirst
3、udents,anignorancethatinsomecasespromptedinternalcivilwarsandinothersprovedfatal.Fallaw’smonographdoesnotattempttoresearchorassessthehistoricalmeta-physicaland/orreligiousunderpinningsoftheCatholicbeliefsystemsinforminghishistoricalactors’behavior.Readers,th
4、en,arelefttowonderwhatcompelledorper-suadedmanyCatholicstoturnagainstkeyelementsofthepostrevolutionarygovern-mentalprograms.BecauseofMexico’sdeepdiversity,theremaywellhavebeennumerousrationalesbehindCatholicantigovernmentalactivities.Withoutsuchamaterialcult
5、uralinquiry,readersarelefttoponder,forinstance,howseductivepoweritselfmayhaveappearedwithintheMexicanpostrevolutionarycontestdevoidofgov-ernmentalorclericalinstitutionalcommitmenttoensurehumanwell-being.Nonetheless,Fallaw’sstudyprovesutterlystriking,ashisstu
6、dydetailsinmul-tiplewaysclericalandgovernmentalfailurestoservethebasicneedsofanimpov-erishedandpoorlyeducatedpublic.Hisstudyrevealssomeofthewaysthatwide-spreadculturalignoranceofthecomplexmaterialculturalneedsoftheMexicanpopulationpersistedduringthepostrevol
7、utionaryperiod.UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaMARJORIEBECKERFAREASTERNOpeningChina:KarlF.A.GützlaffandSino-WesternRelations,1827–1852.ByJessieGregoryLutz.[StudiesintheHistoryofChristianMissions.](GrandRapids,MI:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishing.2008.Pp.xx,364.$45.0
8、0paperback.ISBN978-0-8028-3180-4.)Eerdmans’sseriesStudiesintheHistoryofChristianMissionscontinuestoreaffirmthehistoricalvalueanduniqueresourcesembeddedinarchivesofmissionsworldwide.Inspiredbyher
