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Protestant Missionary Children's Lives, C.1870-1950: Empire, Religion and Emotion

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Protestant Missionary Children's Lives, C.1870-1950: Empire, Religion and Emotion

Contributors:

By (Author) Hugh Morrison

ISBN:

9781526156785

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

20th February 2024

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Protestantism and Protestant Churches
History of education
History of religion
Social and cultural history

Dewey:

266.0083

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

272

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 16mm

Weight:

551g

Description

Protestant missionary children were uniquely empire citizens through their experiences of living in empire and in religiously formed contexts. This book examines their lives through the related lenses of parental, institutional and child narratives. To do so it draws on histories of childhood and of emotions, using a range of sources including oral history. It argues that missionary children were doubly shaped by parents concerns and institutional policy responses. At the same time children saw their own lives as both ordinary and complicated. Literary representations boosted adult narratives. Empire provided a complex space in which these children navigated their way between the expectations of two, if not three, different cultures. The focus is on a range of settings and on the early twentieth century. Therefore, the book offers a complex and comparative picture of missionary childrens lives.

Author Bio

Hugh Morrison is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Otago

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