Orientalism and Imperialism : From Nineteenth-Century Missionary Imaginings to the Contemporary Middle East.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- A spiritual conflict -- The Orientalist Critique -- Imperialism: an ambiguous concept -- Missionaries and their imperialist credentials -- Methodology -- Use of sources -- 2. A Lack of Consensus -- Agents of the Great Powers -- Individual agents of personal conscience -- Missionaries as ambiguous actors -- 3. Orientalism Through a Lens -- An Oriental realm of Mohammedan domination -- Restoration and Essential Difference -- Proselytization and Circumstantial Difference -- 4. Agents of Imperialism? -- Cultural quarantine - the Anglican mission -- Sharing the message - the American mission -- 5. Conclusion -- Summary -- Impressions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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