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The centenary celebration of American Methodist missions : the 1919 world's fair of evangelical Americanism / Christopher J. Anderson ; with a foreword by Robert J. Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages, 23 pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773417243
  • 0773417249
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Centenary celebration of American Methodist missions.DDC classification:
  • 266/.76 23
LOC classification:
  • BV2550.A5 A53 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN METHODIST MISSIONS: The 1919 World's Fair of Evangelical Americanism; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Centenary Celebration; Chapter One: Mapping the Missionary World: The Exposition and Memory; Chapter Two: Missionary Cinema: A Kaleidoscope of the World; Chapter Three: Creating World Patriots: Methodist Women and Missions; Chapter Four: The Great Christian Army of the World Methodist Men, Masculinity, and World Missions; Concluding Reflections: After the Fair; Images; Plate 1; Plate 2
Plate 3Plate 4; Plate 5; Plate 6; Plate 7; Plate 8; Plate 9; Plate 10; Plate 11; Plate 12; Plate 13; Plate 14; Plate 15; Plate 16; Plate 17; Plate 18; Plate 19; Plate 20; Plate 21; Plate 22; Plate 23; Bibliography; Index
Summary: The 1919 World?s Fair of Evangelical Americanism was used as a way to promote mission trips around the world. The fair functioned as a venue of exchange between the viewer and the viewed. On one level it educated visitors on the history of Methodist world missions. On another level it provided an opportunity to literally watch people from around the world in recreated native homes on the fairground pavilions. Visitors to the exposition could tour eight international pavilions and watch foreigners at work, cleaning up recreated homes, or simply eating native foods.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The 1919 World?s Fair of Evangelical Americanism was used as a way to promote mission trips around the world. The fair functioned as a venue of exchange between the viewer and the viewed. On one level it educated visitors on the history of Methodist world missions. On another level it provided an opportunity to literally watch people from around the world in recreated native homes on the fairground pavilions. Visitors to the exposition could tour eight international pavilions and watch foreigners at work, cleaning up recreated homes, or simply eating native foods.

THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN METHODIST MISSIONS: The 1919 World's Fair of Evangelical Americanism; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Centenary Celebration; Chapter One: Mapping the Missionary World: The Exposition and Memory; Chapter Two: Missionary Cinema: A Kaleidoscope of the World; Chapter Three: Creating World Patriots: Methodist Women and Missions; Chapter Four: The Great Christian Army of the World Methodist Men, Masculinity, and World Missions; Concluding Reflections: After the Fair; Images; Plate 1; Plate 2

Plate 3Plate 4; Plate 5; Plate 6; Plate 7; Plate 8; Plate 9; Plate 10; Plate 11; Plate 12; Plate 13; Plate 14; Plate 15; Plate 16; Plate 17; Plate 18; Plate 19; Plate 20; Plate 21; Plate 22; Plate 23; Bibliography; Index

English.