Bargains! PROMOTIONS
Emily Conroy-Krutz is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Michigan State University. She is the author of Christian Imperialism.
Impressively researched, this volume will be of considerable interest to international lawyers who recall that Presbyterian clergy in China played a critical role in making Henry Wheaton's treatise on international law accessible to a Chinese readership. * Journal of International Legal History * In her outstanding second book, Missionary Diplomacy, Emily Conroy-Krutz tackles the question how scholars can make sense of the relationship between US Protestant missions and US foreign affairs in the nineteenth century. The book deserves a wide readership. * Journal of Contemporary Religion * Providing a well-balanced assessment of missionaries and their work is a challenging task, but Emily Conroy-Krutz manages to do it successfully in Missionary Diplomacy, which is a painstakingly researched and clearly written history of the shifting relationship between US missionaries and the US government from the early 1800s to 1920. * Journal of Religious History * Missionary Diplomacy is one of those unique books that straddles multiple domains in a broadly erudite manner while still succeeding at being readable, thought-provoking, and leaving the reader with a better grasp of a meaningful swathe of history. * Religion *
