The civilising mission and the english middle class, 1792-1850: the 'heathen' at home and overseas

This volume concerns the missionary philanthropic movement which burst onto the social scene in early nineteenth century in England, becoming a popular provincial movement which sought no less than national and global reformation. ÍNDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction: The Middle Class and the Civilising Mission - b One Bloodb : The Heathen at Home and Overseas in Late Eighteenth- and Early- Nineteenth Century Missions - Charity begun at Home: Missionary Philanthropy and the New Middle Class,Sheffield 1804-1823 - Missionary Domesticity and b womanb s sphereb : The Reads of Wincobank Hall - b Bringing about the Worldb s Restorationb : MissionaryWomen and the Creation of a Global Christian Community, 1816-1832 - TremblingPhilanthropists? Missionary Philanthropy under Pressure in the 1830s and 1840s - b A Christian and Civilised Landb ? The English Missionary and the South Pacific in the 1820s - 1840s - Conclusions - Endnotes - Bibliography -

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-2040-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 19/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés