Nature and the Godly Empire
Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795–1850
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
Av Cambridge) Sivasundaram, Sujit (Gonville and Caius College, Sujit Sivasundaram
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.A study of the relations between nineteenth-century science and Christianity, focusing on London Missionary Society members who became residents in the Pacific. It argues that Britain's providential empire found support from popular views of nature as much as elite science. It will be of interest to cultural historians and anthropologists.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2005-11-17
- Mått160 x 235 x 21 mm
- Vikt542 g
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Social and Cultural Histories
- Antal sidor258
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- EAN9780521848367
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