Entanglements of Empire : Missionaries, Maori, and the Question of the Body /

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The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Maori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Deftly recon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ballantyne, Tony, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Maori (New Zealand people) > Missions.
British colonies.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
Maori (New Zealand people) > Missions > History > 19th century.
New Zealand.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nouvelle-Zelande > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1840.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
New Zealand > History > To 1840.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Exploration, empire and evangelization
  • Making place, reordering space
  • Economics, labor, and time
  • Containing transgression
  • Cultures of death
  • The politics of the "enfeebled" body.

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