pt. I Preparations -- 1.Some kind of preacher -- 2.Voyaging: two places at once -- 3.Networks and precursors -- pt. II The flag on the mountain -- 4.Drawing the frontier -- 5.The tranquillity of the borders -- 6.The richest collections -- 7.Creatures of a day: Christian soldiers -- pt. III The work on the hills -- 8.The banner of the cross -- 9.Cultural transactions: the letter and the gift -- 10.Intimacy and transgression -- pt. IV The borderlands of law and belief -- 11.The pen and the sabre -- 12.The refulgent cross and the heathen carnival -- 13.The country is ours
Summary
"In 1841 the Welsh sent their first missionary to evangelise amongst the tribal peoples of the Khasi Hills of north-east India. This book follows Thomas Jones from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, the wettest place on earth and now one of the most Christianised parts of India. As colonised colonisers, the Welsh were to have a profound impact on the language, culture and beliefs of the Khasi people. As well as being a study of the early decades of missionary intervention, this book also foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control."--Back cover
Analysis
Australian
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and index
