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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Missionary, 1814-1840; 2 Bengal: Years of Transition, 1840-1850; 3 Emily Orme, Marriage and Life at Thakurpukur; 4 Vernacular Education, 1850-1861; 5 The Indigenous Churches and the Problems of Growth, 1850-1861; 6 Vernacular Literature, Intellectual and Social Activities, 1850-1861; 7 The Indigo Planting Controversy, 1850-1860; 8 The Aftermath; Nil Darpan, Trial and Imprisonment; Reactions to the Nil Darpan Case; 9 Last Years in Bengal, 1865-1872 |
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10 To Russia With Love, 1863-187611 Long, Missionaries and Orientalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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The Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age of 22 in 1840, he devoted his life to representing what he passionately believed were the best interests of the forgotten poor and oppressed among the Bengali population. Long was a central figure in the indigo planting controversy of 1861 and suffered imprisonment as a result. His memory is revered even today in modern India, where his contribution to the development of Bengali vernacular education, literature, history, and sociology is highly rega |
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Print version record |
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Long, James, 1814-1887.
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Long, James, 1814-1887 fast |
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Missionaries -- India -- Bengal -- Biography
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 19th century
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Missionaries
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Politics and government
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Protestant churches -- Missions
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India -- Politics and government -- 1857-1919. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064941
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India
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India -- Bengal
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136809897 |
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1136809899 |
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