"aIndians of North America axPublic opinion" . . "Indiens d'Amérique Opinion publique 1500-1800." . . "Mission." . . "Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne 1500-1800." . . "Großbritannien." . . "aIndians of North America axMissions" . . "Publieke opinie." . . "Medelijden." . . "Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis Opinion publique." . . "aAnglicans axMissions United States axHistory" . . "Protestants Missions United States History." . . "Indianen." . . "United States" . . "Nordamerika." . . "Grande-Bretagne" . . . . . . . . . . . "\"In The Poor Indians, Laura Stevens delves deeply into the language and ideology British missionaries used to gain support, and she examines their wider cultural significance. Invoking pity and compassion for \"the poor Indian\"--A purely fictional construct - British missionaries used the Black Legend of cruelties perpetrated by Spanish conquistadors to contrast their own projects with those of Catholic missionaries, whose methods were often brutal and deceitful. They also tapped into a remarkably effective means of swaying British Christians by connecting the later's feelings of religious superiority with moral obligation. Describing mission work through metaphors of commerce, missionaries asked their readers in England to invest, financially and emotionally, in the cultivation of Indian souls. As they saved Indians from afar, supporters renewed their own faith, strengthened the empire against the corrosive effects of paganism, and invested in British Christianity with philanthropic fervor.\" \"The Poor Indians thus uncovers the importance of religious feeling and commercial metaphor in strengthening imperial identity and colonial ties and shows how missionary writings helped fashion British subjects who were self-consciously transatlantic and imperial because they were religious, sentimental, and actively charitable.\"--Jacket." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . "British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . "The poor Indians : British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The poor Indians British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility"@en . "The poor Indians British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility" . . . . . . "The Poor Indians British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility" . . . "Amérindien (peuple) - image colonisation mission protestante anglaise Amérique du nord Grande-Bretagne 17e s. (2e moitié) / 18e s." . . "Missionar." . . "Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)" . . "Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne." . . "Indianer." . . "Indianer" . "1600 - 1775" . . "Indiens d'Amérique Missions États-Unis 1500-1800." . . "Anglicans Missions États-Unis Histoire." . . "Missionnaires Grande-Bretagne Attitudes." . . "Teksten." . . "Great Britain axColonies azAmerica" . . "Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis Histoire ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)" . . "HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)" . . "États-Unis" . . "Anglicans Missions United States History." . . "Mission Indianer Nordamerika." . . "Protestants Missions États-Unis Histoire." . . "aMissionaries azGreat Britain axAttitudes" . . "Kulturimperialismus Nordamerika Geschichte." . . "Indians of North America Public opinion." . . "Public opinion Great Britain." . . "aProtestants axMissions United States axHistory" . . "Zending." . . "Missionaries Great Britain Attitudes." . . "Missionnaires britanniques États-Unis 1500-1800." . . "aIndians of North America axHistory ayColonial period, ca. 1600-1775" . . "Great Britain" . . "Kolonialisme." . . "Indians of North America Missions." . . "Anglikanische Kirche." . . "Indiens d'Amérique Missions États-Unis." . . . . "aPublic opinion azGreat Britain" . . "Indians of North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775." . .