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- Title
The First Marist Missionaries and French Colonial Policy in the Pacific (1836-42).
- Authors
Jennings, William
- Abstract
The article discusses French colonization in Oceania, tropical islands in the Pacific, focusing on how natives viewed Marists, missionaries from the Catholic Society of Mary. Other topics include the relationship between the French and British empires, the relationship between Marist mission leader Bishop Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier and the imperial strategies of France, and the efforts of Marist leader Friar Jean-Claude Colin to conceal the Marists' role in spreading French imperialism.
- Subjects
OCEANIA; MARIANISTS; FRENCH colonies; FRANCE-Great Britain relations; GOVERNMENT relations with indigenous peoples; POMPALLIER, Jean-Baptiste-Francois; CHRISTIAN missions; IMPERIALISM &; religion; COLIN, Jean-Claude, 1790-1875; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
French History & Civilization, 2014, Vol 5, p112
- ISSN
1832-9683
- Publication type
Article