A Higher Mission : The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston in Central Africa /

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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 Presbyterian C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Kimberly D., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:New directions in southern history.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Edmiston, Althea Brown, > 1874-1937.
Edmiston, A. L., > (Alonzo Lmore), > 1879-1954.
American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Kuba (African people) > Missions.
African American universities and colleges > Influence.
Education > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History.
Missions > Educational work > Congo (Democratic Republic)
African American missionaries > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Industrial education and symbolic home building in the Congo Free State, 1898-1907
  • Congo missionaries and the perpetuation of manual labor, 1908-1936
  • 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.

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