Dr. Tom Smith, 'Word Across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories'

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This week on the podcast, Dr. Tom Smith, Affiliated Lecturer and Keasbey Fellow in American Studies at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, examines how Protestant missionaries situated themselves within local Pacific contexts, and American empire more generally. You can read more of Smith's work in the recent publication of his book, Word across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories (Cornell University Press, 2024).Co-hosted by Hugh Wood and Simon M. Hurst.Edited by Hugh Wood.

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