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Congregational missions and the making of an imperial culture in nineteenth-century England /

"This book explores the missionary movement's influence on popular perceptions of empire and race in nineteenth-century England. The foreign missionary endeavor was one of the most influential of the channels through which nineteenth-century Britons encountered the colonies, and because of...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thorne, Susan, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book explores the missionary movement's influence on popular perceptions of empire and race in nineteenth-century England. The foreign missionary endeavor was one of the most influential of the channels through which nineteenth-century Britons encountered the colonies, and because of their ties to organized religion, foreign missionary societies enjoyed more regular access to a popular audience than any other colonial lobby." "Focusing on the influential denominational case of English Congregationalism, this study shows how the missionary movement's audience in Britain was inundated with propaganda designed to mobilize financial and political support for missionary operations aboard, propaganda in which the imperial context and colonized targets of missionary operations figured prominently."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (247 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-237) and index.
ISBN:9780804730532
0804730539
9780804765442
0804765448