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A higher mission : the careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston in central Africa /

"In this vital transnational study, Kimberly D. Hill critically analyzes the colonial history of central Africa through the perspective of two African American missionaries: Alonzo Edmiston and Althea Brown Edmiston. The pair met and fell in love while working as a part of the American Presbyte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Kimberly D., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Colección:New directions in southern history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Education Goals throughout the Edmistons' Career
  • Industrial Education and Symbolic Home Building in the Congo Free State, 1898-1907
  • Congo Missionaries and the Perpetuation of Manual Labor,1908-1936
  • Specific Educational and Ministry Strategies
  • Implementing Historically Black Education Strategies at the Presbyterian Congo Mission, 1918-1919
  • Neighbors Recognizing and Redefining Identities in the Belgian Congo, 1916-1935
  • On the Perimeter of Two Freedom Struggles, 1930-1936
  • Conclusion: Changes in Colonial Politics and School Policies, 1936-1963.