Twells, Alison
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
- Author(s)
- Twells, Alison
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 367 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230234727
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-51467-0