Andrew May

Welsh missionaries and British imperialism

The Empire of Clouds in north-east India

• Broschiertes Buch

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780719099977
• ISBN-10: 0719099978
• Artikelnr.: 42796860

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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 Index