Emotion, Mission, Architecture : : Building Hospitals in Persia and British India, 1865-1914 / / Sara Ebrahimi.

An innovative history of medical mission from the perspective of the history of emotionsRaises important historical questions about the process of civilising emotions in Christian missionary contextsUtilises archival research in the UK and Canada, and field work in PersiaWeaves together the history...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Architecture and Design 2022
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.) :; 56 B/W illustrations 56 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Abbreviations and Transliteration
  • Introduction: Medical Mission Work and Building Trust
  • 1 Life Before and Outside the Mission Hospitals
  • 2 Missionaries and the Development of Novel Hospital Designs
  • 3 Hospital Visitors and a Hospital for a Whole Family
  • 4 Female Missionaries and the Architecture of Women’s Hospitals
  • 5 Medical Missions and the Anglo-Russian Rivalry
  • Conclusion: Affecting Bodies, Saving Souls
  • Bibliography
  • Index