This Week's Acquisitions
- Josephine Donovan, European Local-Color Literature: National Tales, Dorfgeschichten, Romans Champetres (Continuum, 2010). Analyzes early nineteenth-century "local-color" fiction as an attempt to engage with and critique aggressive modernization. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Brian Stanley, The Bible and the Flag: Protestant Missions and British Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Apollos, 1990). Examines the various ways in which missionary work might or might not directly support imperial programs. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775-1851): Missions, Race and Politics in South Africa (Aberdeen, 1986). Biographical case study of John Philip in the context of shifting nineteenth-century attitudes to race. (Amazon [secondhand])