| Description |
1 online resource (x, 312 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Missionary feminism -- pt. I. Encountering gender and Christianity in the African mission field. The pedagogy of protection : female education in Madagascar, 1867-1901 ; Beyond baptism : the politics of conversion in Uganda, 1895-1907 ; Christianizing womanhood in Madagascar, 1901-1923 ; Christianizing womanhood in Uganda, 1910-1930 -- pt. II. Evangelizing and emancipating the metropole. Rethinking Christianity and colonialism in the wake of total war ; Feminizing church and state : mission Christianity and gender politics, 1910-1928 ; Globalizing Christian 'sisterhood', 1900-1930 |
| Summary |
Elizabeth Prevost examines the massive Protestant campaign of female missionary expansion between the 1860s and 1930s, through a comparison of Anglican women's experience in Uganda and Madagascar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-306) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women missionaries -- Great Britain -- History
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Women missionaries -- Africa -- History
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Missions, British -- Africa -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Missions, British
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Women missionaries
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Africa
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191573347 |
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0191573345 |
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9780199570744 |
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0199570744 |
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9780191722097 |
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019172209X |
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