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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wall, Barbra Mann, author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Catholic Church -- Missions -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Catholic Church. Missions, Medical -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Medical personnel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Women missionaries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Medical care -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Medical care. Medical personnel. Missions. Missions, Medical. Women missionaries. Sub-Saharan Africa. Electronic books.
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. Print version record.
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.