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Positioning the missionary : John Booth Good and the confluence of cultures in nineteenth-century British Columbia

Author: Brett Christophers
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In Positioning the Missionary, Brett Christophers explores the place of missionaries in histories of colonialism, focusing on John Booth Good, Anglican missionary to the Nlha7kapmx from 1867 to 1883. Christophers examines the genesis of Good's mission and the question of why the Nlha7kapmx were interested in Christianity. He goes on to discuss Good's methods and impact on the Nlha7kapmx as well their influence on  Read more...
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Named Person: J B Good; J B Good; John B Good
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Brett Christophers
ISBN: 0774806540 9780774806541 0774806559 9780774806558
OCLC Number: 38758083
Description: xxi, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Brett Christophers.

Abstract:

"In Positioning the Missionary, Brett Christophers explores the place of missionaries in histories of colonialism, focusing on John Booth Good, Anglican missionary to the Nlha7kapmx from 1867 to 1883. Christophers examines the genesis of Good's mission and the question of why the Nlha7kapmx were interested in Christianity. He goes on to discuss Good's methods and impact on the Nlha7kapmx as well their influence on his own beliefs and prejudices, and to position missionaries in terms of representations of Natives, views on Native-European contact, and the politics of the Native land question." "The concluding chapter examines Good's role in Nlha7kapmx dealings, first with the colonial authorities and later with provincial and federal governments." "Positioning the Missionary is an important contribution to the scholarly reassessment of colonialism, valuable not only to historians and students of British Columbia but also to anyone interested in the dispossession and marginalization of Native societies."--BOOK JACKET.

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