Domestic frontiers : gender, reform, and American interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East PDF
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Domestic Frontiers Gender, Reform, and American Interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East & & Barbara Reeves-Ellington “This page intentionally left blank” Domestic Frontiers & The Ottoman Balkans, 1831–1908, showing major towns, American mission stations, and other locations mentioned in the text. blackmer maps. Domestic Frontiers Gender, Reform, and American Interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East & Barbara Reeves-Ellington University of Massachusetts Press Amherst and Boston Copyright © 2013 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978-1-55849-981-2 (paper); 980-5 (hardcover) Designed by Sally Nichols Set in ArnhemFine and MrsEaves Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reeves-Ellington, Barbara, 1949– Domestic frontiers : gender, reform, and American interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East / Barbara Reeves-Ellington. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-981-2 (paper : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-980-5 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 1. Women missionaries—Balkan Peninsula—History. 2. Women missionaries— Turkey—History. 3. Missions, American—Balkan Peninsula—History. 4. Missions, American—Turkey—History. 5. Protestant churches—Missions—History. 6. Sex role—Religious aspects—Christianity—History. 7. Home—Political aspects—Balkan Peninsula—History. 8. Home—Political aspects—Turkey—History. 9. Balkan Peninsula—Race relations—History. 10. Turkey—Race relations—History. I. Title. BV2410.R44 2013 266'.02373056—dc23 2012031200 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. . TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR MOTHER, MARJORIE JOAN REEVES, ALL-LOVING, ALL-GIVING & “This page intentionally left blank” Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi A Note on Terminology xv Introduction The Home as the Focus of Women’s Civilizing Mission 1 1. Missionary Families and the Contested Concept of Home 17 2. Education, Conversion, and Bulgarian Orthodox Nationalism 50 3. The Mission Press and Bulgarian Domestic Reform 78 4. Unconventional Couples—Gender, Race, and Power in Mission Politics 108 5. The Constantinople Home 140 Conclusion 166 Notes 175 Index 205 vii “This page intentionally left blank”
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