The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850
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The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850

The 'Heathen' at Home and Overseas

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The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850

The 'Heathen' at Home and Overseas

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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.

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Year
2008
ISBN
9780230234727

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. List of Abbreviations
  6. Introduction: The Missionary Movement, the Local and the Global
  7. 1 'One Blood': The 'Heathen' at Home and Overseas in Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth-Century Missions
  8. 2 Charity Begun at Home: Missionary Philanthropy and the New Middle Class in Sheffield
  9. 3 Missionary Domesticity and 'Woman's Sphere': The Reads of Wincobank Hall
  10. 4 'Bringing about the World's Restoration': Missionary Women and the Creation of a Global Christian Community
  11. 5 Trembling Philanthropists? Missionary Philanthropy under Pressure
  12. 6 'A Christian and Civilized Land': The English Missionary Public and the South Pacific
  13. Conclusions
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index