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In God's empire : French missionaries in the modern world / edited by Owen White and J.P. Daughton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions, French--History.
- Missions, French.
- Missions--France--History.
- Missions.
- Catholic Church--Missions--History.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A collection of 13 essays by leading scholars in the field, this book examines the complex ways in which the spread of Christianity by French men and women shaped local communities French national prowess, and global politics in the two centuries following the French Revolution.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. French missionaries in the Atlantic world
- pt. 2. The Ottoman Empire, North Africa, and the Middle East
- pt. 3. East and Southeast Asia
- pt. 4. Africa and Oceania.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613722959
- 1-280-88164-X
- 0-19-987540-5
- OCLC:
- 801405745
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