Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David A. Hollinger
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:408 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | World history
Protestantism and Protestant churches |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691192789
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| Classifications | Dewey:266.02373 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
32 b/w illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
11 June 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
They sought to transform the globe and ended up transforming modern America Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. Their experience abroad made many of these missionaries and their children critical of racism, imperialism, and religious orthod
Author Biography
David A. Hollinger is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History (Princeton).
Reviews"Co-Winner of the Peter Dobkin Hall History of Philanthropy Book Prize, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)"
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