Civilizing Habits: Women Missionaries and the Revival of French Empire

by Sarah A. Curtis

Civilizing Habits explores the life stories of three French women missionaries--Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey--who crossed boundaries, both real and imagined, to evangelize far from France's shores. In so doing, they helped France reestablish a global empire after the dislocation of the Revolution and the fall of Napoleon. They also pioneered a new missionary era in which the educational, charity, and health care services...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195394186
• ISBN13: 9780195394184
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"