Missionary imperialists?
Subtitle: missionaries, government and the growth of the British Empire in the Tropics, 1860-1885
By: John H. Darch ; foreword by Timothy Yates
Series: Studies in Christian history and thought; Studies in Christian history and thought
Publisher: Paternoster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Keynes; Colorado Springs, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781842275603
Subjects: Missionaries; Religion and politics; History; Imperialism; Colonies
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D)--University of Wales

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Missions and missionaries in the mid-Victorian era; title: Missionaries as humanitarians? : opposition to the recruitment of indentured labour for Queensland; title: Missionary involvement in the annexation of Fiji; title: The role of missionaries in the events leading to the establishment of a British protectorate in Papua New Guinea; title: The propsed cession of the Gambia to France; title: Missions and the growth of British power in Lagos and Yorubaland; title: The aftermath of slavery in East and Central Africa; title: Conclusion: Incidental imperialists : missionary influence on the growth of Empire.