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

1. Introduction: The Missionary Movement, the Local and the Global
Alison Twells

2. ‘One Blood’: The ‘Heathen’ at Home and Overseas in Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth-Century Missions
Alison Twells

3. Charity Begun at Home: Missionary Philanthropy and the New Middle Class in Sheffield
Alison Twells

4. Missionary Domesticity and ‘Woman’s Sphere’: The Reads of Wincobank Hall
Alison Twells

5. ‘Bringing about the World’s Restoration’: Missionary Women and the Creation of a Global Christian Community
Alison Twells

6. Trembling Philanthropists? Missionary Philanthropy under Pressure
Alison Twells

7. ‘A Christian and Civilized Land’: The English Missionary Public and the South Pacific
Alison Twells

8. Conclusions
Alison Twells

Keywords: Philosophy, History of Philosophy, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, History of Religion, Social History, Modern History