Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 214 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004417083
Series Statement:
Caribbean series volume 36
Content:
"In Beyond the Legacy of the Missionaries and East Indians Jerome Teelucksingh intends to establish a revisionist perspective of the role of the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad in the enlightenment of the society, especially the faster rate of social mobility achieved by the Indo-Caribbean diaspora in the post-World War 1 era. Additionally, the Presbyterian Church in the Caribbean provided the vital human and financial resources needed to champion the elevation of Indian women. By simultaneously providing a formal education whilst assisting the poor and oppressed, the Canadian missionaries and locally-trained persons played a pivotal role in the colonial society"--
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004416475
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Beyond the legacy of the missionaries and East Indians: the impact of the Presbyterian church in the Caribbean Leiden Boston: BRILL, 2020
Language:
English
Keywords:
Westindien
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Kanada
;
Presbyterianer
;
Mission
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Geschichte
DOI:
10.1163/9789004417083
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004417083
Author information:
Teelucksingh, Jerome 1972-
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