David Livingstone (1813-1873) was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire. David Livingstone: Mission and Empire is a scholarly and readable account of the life and achievements of one of the greatest Victorians.
He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to "detect the sickness of idolatry", but Bernardino de Sahagun (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec culture and the Nahuatl la…
"He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to "detect the sickness of idolatry," but Bernardino de Sahagun (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec culture and the Nahuatl l…
"Reforming the World offers a sophisticated account of how and why, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionaries and moral reformers undertook work abroad at an unprecedented rate and scale. Looking at various organizations such as the Young Men's …