Civilizing habits: women missionaries and the revival of french empire

Civilizing Habits explores the life stories of three French women missionaries - Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey - who transgressed boundaries to evangelize in North America, the Mediterranean basin, and France's slave colonies. Their initiative and energy allowed both the Catholic church and the French state to reestablish global empires in the nineteenthcentury. INDICE: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Limits of Enclosure: Philippine Duchesne; 1.: From Old Worlds to New; 2.: Foothold on the Frontier; 3.: 'We shall need Jesuits to bring them to us'; Part II Saving Souls: Emilie de Vialar; 4.: Rehearsal in Algeria; 5.: Refuge in Tunisia and Malta; 6.: Expansion in the Ottoman Empire; Part III Missionary Utopias: Anne-Marie Javouhey; 7.: French Origins and African Experiments; 8.: The Mana Colony; 9.: Catholics and Abolitionists; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-539418-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés