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Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)

Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 By Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)

Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 by Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)

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This book examines how in defending Asian rights and their own version of Christian idealism against scientific racism, missionaries developed a complex theology of race that prefigured modern ideologies of multiculturalism and reached its final, belated culmination in the liberal Protestant support of the civil rights movements in the 1960s.

Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 Summary

Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 by Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)

This book examines how in defending Asian rights and their own version of Christian idealism against scientific racism, missionaries developed a complex theology of race that prefigured modern ideologies of multiculturalism and reached its final, belated culmination in the liberal Protestant support of the civil rights movements in the 1960s

Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 Reviews

The strength of Snow's work lies in her delineation of the scientific racists' arguments against immigration... This slim volume demonstrates the importance of considering the 'losing' side in historical conflicts. -- The Journal of American History

About Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)

Jennifer Snow

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Shape of Difference in Missionary Discourse. Missionaries and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Missionaries and the Exclusion of the Japanese. United States vs. Bhagat Singh Thind. From Homogeneity to Diversity: Missionary Responses to Scientific Racism. Conclusion

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NLS9780415542012
9780415542012
0415542014
Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850-1924 by Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)
Jennifer Snow (Columbia University, New York, USA)
Studies in Asian Americans
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Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2012-10-10
198
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