The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia

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The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia. / McLisky, Claire Louise.

Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives. ed. / David Lemmings; Ann Brooks. Routledge, 2014. p. 82-98 (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought).

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Harvard

McLisky, CL 2014, The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia. in D Lemmings & A Brooks (eds), Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives. Routledge, Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought, pp. 82-98.

APA

McLisky, C. L. (2014). The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia. In D. Lemmings, & A. Brooks (Eds.), Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (pp. 82-98). Routledge. Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

Vancouver

McLisky CL. The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia. In Lemmings D, Brooks A, editors, Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives. Routledge. 2014. p. 82-98. (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought).

Author

McLisky, Claire Louise. / The Emotional Economies of Protestant Missions to Aboriginal People in Nineteenth-Century Australia. Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives. editor / David Lemmings ; Ann Brooks. Routledge, 2014. pp. 82-98 (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought).

Bibtex

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