This volume concerns the missionary philanthropic movement which burst onto the social scene in early nineteenth century in England, becoming a popular provinci

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Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the 'humanities'. Focusing on t

This book addresses a central but often ignored question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: How did the Third Republic, highly regarded for

This book offers an important contribution both to Maori history and to the history of the indigenous peoples.