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Domestic Frontiers: Gender, Reform, and American Interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East
Barbara Reeves-Ellington
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American Protestant missionaries attempted to export their religious beliefs and cultural ideals to the Ottoman Empire. Seeking to attract Orthodox Christians and even Muslims to their faith, they promoted the paradigm of the Christian home as the foundation of national progress. Yet the missionaries efforts not only failed to win many converts but also produced some unexpected results.
Drawing on a broad range of sources Ottoman, Bulgarian, Russian, French, and English Barbara Reeves-Ellington tracks the transnational history of this little-known episode of American cultural expansion. She shows how issues of gender and ... Read more
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American Protestant missionaries attempted to export their religious beliefs and cultural ideals to the Ottoman Empire. Seeking to attract Orthodox Christians and even Muslims to their faith, they promoted the paradigm of the Christian home as the foundation of national progress. Yet the missionaries efforts not only failed to win many converts but also produced some unexpected results.
Drawing on a broad range of sources Ottoman, Bulgarian, Russian, French, and English Barbara Reeves-Ellington tracks the transnational history of this little-known episode of American cultural expansion. She shows how issues of gender and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558499812
SKU
V9781558499812
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About Barbara Reeves-Ellington
Barbara Reeves-Ellington is associate professor of history at Siena College, USA.
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