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10%OFFDerek Chang - Citizens of a Christian Nation: Evangelical Missions and the Problem of Race in the Nineteenth Century - 9780812222067 - V9780812222067
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Citizens of a Christian Nation: Evangelical Missions and the Problem of Race in the Nineteenth Century

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Description for Citizens of a Christian Nation: Evangelical Missions and the Problem of Race in the Nineteenth Century Paperback. Derek Chang chronicles the American Baptist Home Mission Society's efforts to evangelize among African Americans in the South and Chinese migrants on the Pacific Coast during the late nineteenth century. He brings together for the first time African American and Chinese American religious histories in an innovative comparative approach. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCX7; JFSL1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.

In America after the Civil War, the emancipation of four million slaves and the explosion of Chinese immigration fundamentally challenged traditional ideas about who belonged in the national polity. As Americans struggled to redefine citizenship in the United States, the "Negro Problem" and the "Chinese Question" dominated the debate.
During this turbulent period, which witnessed the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision and passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, among other restrictive measures, American Baptists promoted religion instead of race as the primary marker of citizenship. Through its domestic missionary wing, the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, Baptists ministered ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Politics & Culture in Modern America
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222067
SKU
V9780812222067
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About Derek Chang
Derek Chang is Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at Cornell University.

Reviews for Citizens of a Christian Nation: Evangelical Missions and the Problem of Race in the Nineteenth Century
"Focusing on freedpeople in and around Raleigh, North Carolina and Chinese immigrants in Portland, Oregon, Chang's comparative research and theoretical reflections shed fresh light on the subject of post-war religious reconstruction."
Journal of American History
"Ambitious and erudite. . . . It is rare to find a work of such bold comparison within the United States or to ... Read more

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