The Steamer Parish
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780226302812
Subjects: African history; Geography; Science; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; Central Africa; Africa - Central; Christianity - History - Protestant; History; Medical / History; General; 19th century; Africa, Central; Boats and boating in missionary work; Missionaries, Medical; Universities' Mission to Centr; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
First sentence: Christian missions profoundly aided Europe's imperial expansion into Africa.