The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792–1850

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Missionary Movement, the Local and the Global

Chapter 2 ‘One Blood’: The ‘Heathen’ at Home and Overseas in Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth-Century Missions

Chapter 3 Charity Begun at Home: Missionary Philanthropy and the New Middle Class in Sheffield

Chapter 4 Missionary Domesticity and ‘Woman’s Sphere’: The Reads of Wincobank Hall

Chapter 5 ‘Bringing about the World’s Restoration’: Missionary Women and the Creation of a Global Christian Community

Chapter 6 Trembling Philanthropists? Missionary Philanthropy under Pressure

Chapter 7 ‘A Christian and Civilized Land’: The English Missionary Public and the South Pacific

Chapter 8 Conclusions