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| Contents of Volume XX | |||
| Editor's Note | ii | ||
| Notes on Contributors | iii | ||
| In Memoriam: John Seabury Thomson (1921-1988) | Howard M. Federspiel | 1 | |
| The Role of Missionary Teachers of Science in China | John Seabury Thomson | 3 | |
| Through Chinese Eyes: Chinese Catholics and the Maryknoll Mission Enterprise in the 1920s | Paul R. Rivera | 11 | |
| The Sannai-Maruyama Site: New Views on the Jômon Period | J. Edward Kidder, Jr. | 29 | |
| The Religious and Social Significance of Soka Gakkai Youth Culture Festivals | Daniel A. Metraux | 53 | |
| Differing Perceptions of Politeness Between Japanese and American Learners of Japanese | Yuko Nakahama | 61 | |
| Reflections: | |||
| Barriers to Teaching About Asia | Lucien Ellington | 81 | |
| "We Want to Build; They Want to Destroy”: The Dilemma of Volunteering in Laos | James E. Malia | 89 | |
| Pedagogy: | |||
| Teaching Chinese Culture through Films | Mollie Spitzer Frost | 101 | |
| Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting: | |||
| Conference Program | 111 | ||
| Abstracts of Papers Presented | 118 | ||
| Minutes of Annual Business Meeting | 130 | ||
| List of Registered Participants | 132 | ||
| Cumulative Author Index (Volumes I-XX) | 125 | ||