Andrew May

Welsh missionaries and British imperialism

The Empire of Clouds in north-east India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9780719080357
• ISBN-10: 0719080355
• Artikelnr.: 36125224

Autorenporträt

Andrew J. May is Associate Professor of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne

Inhaltsangabe

General editor's introduction Prologue Introduction Part I Preparations 1.
Some kind of preacher 2. Voyaging: two places at once 3. Networks and
precursors Part II The flag on the mountain 4. Drawing the frontier 5. The
tranquillity of the borders 6. The richest collections 7. Creatures of a
day: Christian soldiers Part III The work on the Hills 8. The banner of the
cross 9. Cultural transactions: the letter and the gift 10. Intimacy and
transgression Part IV The borderlands of law and belief 11. The pen and the
sabre 12. The refulgent cross and the heathen carnival 13. The country is
ours Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Index