Competing Kingdoms
Women, Mission, Nation, and the American Protestant Empire, 1812-1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5706560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Witmer (James Madison University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 164-165 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jar015 |
| OpenAlex | W2086368411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Over the past two decades, the study of American Protestant missionary work has grown richer and more sophisticated. Sparked by theoretical advances in other fields, the influence of social and cultural history, and burgeoning interest in transnational history, historians have expanded their source base, reconceived the nature of the missionary encounter in terms of appropriation and exchange, and begun to examine the influence of missionary work on American society. Building on these advances and applying them to the focused subject of women and missions, this outstanding collection of essays—the result of a 2006 conference at the University of Oxford—makes important contributions to several areas of study, including women's history, the histories of American nationalism and imperialism, and American religious history. The essays provide illuminating studies of female missionaries working abroad and at home in colonial Rhodesia, the Congo Free State, Egypt, China, Japan, India, Bulgaria, the Philippines, California, Wisconsin, and the American South in the years between 1812 and 1960. Together they suggest that the work done by female missionaries had a complex relationship to empire
Ancient history · Appropriation · Archaeology · Colonialism · Empire · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · State (computer science · World history · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |