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Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813566238
  • 0813566231
  • 9780813572888
  • 0813572886
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Into AfricaDDC classification:
  • 610.690967 23
LOC classification:
  • RA390.A357 W35 2015eb
NLM classification:
  • 2015 J-809
  • W 323
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Medical missions in context -- Nursing, medicine, and mission in Ghana -- Shifting mission in rural Tanzania -- Catholic medical missions and transnational engagement in Nigeria -- Transnational collaboration in primary health care -- Appraising women religious and their mission work.
Summary: In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall offers a transnational history that explores the intersection of religion, medicine, gender, race, and politics in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the years following World War II. The book highlights the importance of transnational partnerships, using the stories of four groups of European and American nuns to enhance our understanding of medical mission work and global change.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1069538

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical missions in context -- Nursing, medicine, and mission in Ghana -- Shifting mission in rural Tanzania -- Catholic medical missions and transnational engagement in Nigeria -- Transnational collaboration in primary health care -- Appraising women religious and their mission work.

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In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall offers a transnational history that explores the intersection of religion, medicine, gender, race, and politics in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the years following World War II. The book highlights the importance of transnational partnerships, using the stories of four groups of European and American nuns to enhance our understanding of medical mission work and global change.