Battle for the Soul: Metis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837 - Brossura

Widder, Keith R.

 
9780870134913: Battle for the Soul: Metis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837
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ISBN 10: 0870134914 ISBN 13: 9780870134913
Casa editrice: Michigan State Univ Pr, 1999

Sinossi

In 1823 William and Amanda Ferry opened a boarding school for Métis children on Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, setting in motion an intense spiritual battle to win the souls and change the lives of the children, their parents, and all others living at Mackinac. Battle for the Soul demonstrates how a group of enthusiastic missionaries, empowered by an uncompromising religious motivation, served as agents of Americanization. The Ferrys' high hopes crumbled, however, as they watched their work bring about a revival of Catholicism and their students refuse to abandon the fur trade as a way of life. The story of the Mackinaw Mission is that of people who held differing world views negotiating to create a "middle-ground," a society with room for all.
     Widder's study is a welcome addition to the literature on American frontier missions. Using Richard White's "middle ground" paradigm, it focuses on the cultural interaction between French, British, American, and various native groups at the Mackinac mission in Michigan during the early 19th century. The author draws on materials from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions archives, as well as other manuscript sources, to trace not only the missionaries' efforts to Christianize and Americanize the native peoples, but the religious, social, and cultural conflicts between Protestant missionaries and Catholic priests in the region. Much attention has been given to the missionaries to the Indians in other areas of the US, but little to this region.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Keith R. Widder served as Curator of History, Mackinac Island State Park Commission for over 25 years. He has written extensively on the history of the western Great Lakes and is author of Battle for the Soul: Metis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837.

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Editore
Michigan State Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0870134914
ISBN 13 
9780870134913
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
220
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