Welsh missionaries and British imperialism : the empire of clouds in North-East India

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    • May, Andrew J.

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Welsh missionaries and British imperialism : the empire of clouds in North-East India

Andrew J. May

（Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie）

Manchester University Press, 2016, c2012

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"First published by Manchester University Press in hardback 2012"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index

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内容説明

In 1841, the Welsh sent their first missionary, Thomas Jones, to evangelise the tribal peoples of the Khasi Hills of north-east India. This book, available in paperback for the first time, follows Jones from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, the wettest place on earth and now one of the most Christianised parts of India. As colonised colonisers, the Welsh were to have a profound impact on the culture and beliefs of the Khasis. The book also foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. Its themes are universal: crises of authority, the loneliness of geographical isolation, sexual scandal, greed and exploitation, personal and institutional dogma, individual and group morality. Written by a direct descendant of Thomas Jones, it makes a significant contribution in orienting the scholarship of imperialism to a much-neglected corner of India, and will appeal to students of the British imperial experience more broadly. -- .

目次

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 -- .

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