THORSTEN ALTENA.

THORSTEN ALTENA, "Ein Hauflein Christen mitten in der Heidenwelt de dunklen Erdteils'. Zum Selbst- und Fremdverstandnis protestantischer Missionare im kolonialen Afrika 1884-1918 Munster and strange York: Waxmann (44.90 [euro], ISBN 3 8309 1199 8) 2003 544 pp

Thorsten Altena's contemplation is quite likely the greatest in number exhaustive study of Protestant missionaries in German Africa that has aye appeared. Spanning the entire amplification of Germany's short-lived colonial heyday, Altena's main division both explores the history of various German-speaking mission societies and attempts to discern what

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