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The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850. The 'Heathen' at Home and Overseas.
Alison Twells
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Number of Pages
353
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349514670
SKU
V9781349514670
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99-15
About Alison Twells
ALISON TWELLS is Principal Lecturer in Social and Cultural History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has published articles on Nineteenth-century gender history and missionary culture, and is the author of British Women's History: A Documentary History from the Enlightenment to World War 1 (IB Tauris, 2007).
Reviews for The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850. The 'Heathen' at Home and Overseas.
"[Twells] has contributed to a significant area of scholarship with this fine study that substantially extends our knowledge of the complex interrelated issues of the English metropole and imperial periphery. She has moved the debate in fruitful directions with a fresh and compelling narrative." - Patricia Grimshaw, University of Melbourne