Welsh missionaries and British imperialism : the empire of clouds in North-East India / Andrew J. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Andrew J. (Associate professor of history), author.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Missionaries--India--History--19th century.

Missionaries.

India--Colonization--History--19th century.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 312 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control.

Contents:

General editor's introduction

Prologue

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

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 9, 2026).

ISBN:

0-7190-9997-8

OCLC:

1266657729