Imperial Childhoods and Christian Mission by K Vallgrda

Imperial Childhoods and Christian Mission by K Vallgrda

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Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark.

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Imperial Childhoods and Christian Mission by K Vallgrda

Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark.

"Vallgårda's book is immensely impressiveIt is distinguished by wide and close reading and by innovative methodology. In critical and convincing ways it complicates missionary interventions and the missionary experience." - Reviews in History

Karen Vallgårda is Assistant Professor of History at the SAXO-Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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ISBN 13 9781137432988
ISBN 10 1137432985
Title Imperial Childhoods and Christian Mission
Author K Vallgårda
Series Palgrave Studies In The History Of Childhood
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2014-12-17
Number of pages 279
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.