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"White" Americans in "Black" Africa : black and white American Methodist missionaries in Liberia, 1820-1875 / Eunjin Park.
Van Pelt Library BV3625.L5 P37 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Park, Eunjin, 1962-
- Series:
- Studies in African American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Methodist Church (U.S.).
- Missions--Liberia--History--19th century.
- Missions.
- Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--Liberia--History--19th century.
- Church history.
- History.
- Liberia--Church history--19th century.
- Liberia.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 244 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Summary:
- Dr. Park explores the experience of 73 black and 24 white Americans who served as missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the colony-turned-republic of Liberia prior to 1875. Tracing their social background, motivations, minds, and work, this book contributes to restoring the first generation of missionaries to their rightful place in history providing a fuller understanding of the early American Protestant missionary enterprise.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815340273
- OCLC:
- 47831520
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