Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change /

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Author / Creator:Wall, Barbra Mann, author.
Imprint:New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11248273
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ISBN:9780813566238
0813566231
9780813572888
0813572886
9780813566221
0813566223
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall offers a transnational history that explores the intersection of religion, medicine, gender, race, and politics in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the years following World War II. The book highlights the importance of transnational partnerships, using the stories of four groups of European and American nuns to enhance our understanding of medical mission work and global change.
Other form:Print version: Wall, Barbra Mann. Into Africa 9780813566221
Table of Contents:
  • Medical missions in context
  • Nursing, medicine, and mission in Ghana
  • Shifting mission in rural Tanzania
  • Catholic medical missions and transnational engagement in Nigeria
  • Transnational collaboration in primary health care
  • Appraising women religious and their mission work.