Missions are an important topic in the history of modern Britain and of even wider importance in the modern history of Africa and many parts of Asia. Yet, despi

A fresh and much needed overview of the fascinating and controversial subject that is history of the missionary, Jeffrey Cox presents a balanced survey which ex

"The book also features cross-references throughout, a bibliography accompanying each entry, an elaborate appendix listing biographies according to particular c

George Augustus Robinson's voice, both in the past and in the contemporary world, is an important one. He has been used and sometimes abused by historians and o

This is the only book that addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of study by tak