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David Hardiman

Missionaries and Their Medicine - A Christian Modernity for Tribal India

English · Hardback

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Description

A study of the encounter between Christian missionaries and an Indian tribal community, the Bhils, in the period 1880 to 1964. It argues that the Bhils were never the passive objects of missionary attention, and that they created for themselves their own form of 'Christian modernity'.

Product details

Authors	David Hardiman
Publisher	Manchester University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.08.2008

EAN	9780719078026
ISBN	978-0-7190-7802-6
No. of pages	288
Series	Studies in Imperialism (Hardco Studies in Imperialism (Hardco
Subjects	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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