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Author:
Curtis, Sarah Ann.
Title:
Civilizing habits : women missionaries and the revival of French empire / Sarah A. Curtis.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
viii, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Women missionaries--France--History--19th century.
Missions, French--History--19th century.
Duchesne, Philippine,--Saint,--1769-1852
Vialar, Emilie de.
Javouhey, Anne Marie,--1779-1851.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From old worlds to new -- Foothold on the frontier -- "We shall need Jesuits to bring them to us" -- Rehearsal in Algeria -- Refuge in Tunisia and Malta -- Expansion in the Ottoman Empire -- French origins and African experiments -- The Mana colony -- Catholics and abolitionists.
ISBN:
0195394186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195394184 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)449284363
LCCN:
2009040631
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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