Providence Has Freed Our Hands: Women's Missions and the American Encounter with Japan

by Karen K. Seat

Book Overview

At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. At the same time, the cultural knowledge and independence these women missionaries gained had a profound impact on gender roles and racial ideologies among Protestants in the United States. In Providence Has Freed Our Hands,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631812
• ISBN13: 9780815631811
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"