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Informationen zum Autor Andrew J. May is Professor of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne Klappentext This book 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. Zusammenfassung This book 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I: Preparations1. Some kind of preacher2. Voyaging: two places at once3. Networks and precursorsPart II: The flag on the mountain4. Drawing the frontier5. The tranquillity of the borders6. The richest collections7. Creatures of a day: Christian soldiersPart III: The work on the Hills8. The banner of the cross9. Cultural transactions: the letter and the gift10. Intimacy and transgressionPart IV: The borderlands of law and belief11. The pen and the sabre12. The refulgent cross and the heathen carnival13. The country is oursConclusionIndex
