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Canadian Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples: Representing Religion At Home and Abroad
by Austin, Alvyn J. & Jamie S Scott, editors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802039510
- ISBN 13
- 9780802039514
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0802039510 . KB40...viii, 326 pp. Index. B/W illustrations, maps. Octavo. Dark grey blue cloth with silver gilt is clean, minor shelf wear, interior clean and tight. A nice copy. Examines the encounters between Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries and the indigenous peoples with whom they worked in 19th and 20th century Canadian and overseas missions. Includes essays on Western Canada and the Artic, Canadian missionary presence and its legacy in east Asia, Inda and Africa; and the motives and methods of missionaries as important contributors to Canadian museum holdings of artifacts from Huronia, Kahnawake, and Alaska, as well as China and the South Pacific. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11490
- Title
- Canadian Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples: Representing Religion At Home and Abroad
- Author
- Austin, Alvyn J. & Jamie S Scott, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802039510
- ISBN 13
- 9780802039514
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto; Buffalo; London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0802039510, Canada, Missions, Indigenous, Methodists, Arthur-wellington-clah, China, Quebec, Oceania
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Americans; Canadiana;
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Leaf and Stone Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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