Bâtisseurs jésuites de l’ombre: missionnaires charpentiers, architectes et ingénieurs, agents de transfers architecturaux en Chine (1843-1949) KU Leuven
This study unearths nineteen “shadow Jesuit builders” of the Second Mission Jesuit in China (1843-1949) and questions their training, work and interactions with others Western builders and different groups of Chinese in the construction sector. Originating from eight different countries, these seven fathers and twelve coadjutor brothers were active in the current provinces of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei and Tianjin. From the turn of the 20th ...