An empire divided : religion, republicanism, and the making of French colonialism, 1880-1914 /
Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the world's pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only ones with eyes fixed on foreign shores. Just as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the world's pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only ones with eyes fixed on foreign shores. Just as the Catholic missionary movement reached its apex, the young, staunchly secular Third Republic launched the most aggressive campaign of colonial expansion in French history. Missionaries and republicans abroad knew they had much to gain from working together, but their starkly different motivations regul. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195345698 019534569X 1280846461 9781280846465 9786610846467 6610846464 1429420359 9781429420358 0195374010 9780195374018 0195305302 9780195305302 |