04182nam 2200721 a 450 991078051780332120230830171040.00-7748-5517-71-282-74113-697866127411359780774812702(CKB)2430000000000545(SSID)ssj0000382054(PQKBManifestationID)12155458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382054(PQKBWorkID)10392265(PQKB)10686753(SSID)ssj0000376438(PQKBManifestationID)12136953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376438(PQKBWorkID)10333583(PQKB)11490838(MiAaPQ)EBC3412377(MiAaPQ)EBC3251862(Au-PeEL)EBL3412377(CaPaEBR)ebr10214453(CaONFJC)MIL274113(OCoLC)923445024(DE-B1597)661312(DE-B1597)9780774855174(EXLCZ)99243000000000054520061003d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGood intentions gone awry[electronic resource] Emma Crosby and the Methodist mission on the Northwest Coast /Jan Hare and Jean BarmanVancouver UBC Pressc20061 online resource (xxiii, 307 pages, [8] pages of plates) illustrations, map, portraitsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-1271-0 0-7748-1270-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-294) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Crosby Family Chronology -- Fort Simpson's Early Women Teachers and Missionaries -- Introduction -- Courtship and Marriage -- Arrival at Fort Simpson -- Motherhood -- Emma Alone -- A Comfortable Routine -- Adversity -- Changing Times -- Good Intentions Gone Awry -- Repatriation -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexUnlike most missionary scholarship that focuses on male missionaries, Good Intentions Gone Awry chronicles the experiences of a missionary wife. It presents the letters of Emma Crosby, wife of the well-known Methodist missionary Thomas Crosby, who came to Fort Simpson, near present-day Prince Rupert, in 1874 to set up a mission among the Tsimshian people. Emma Crosby's letters to family and friends in Ontario shed light on a critical era and bear witness to the contribution of missionary wives. They mirror the hardships and isolation she faced as well as her assumptions about the supremacy of Euro-Canadian society and of Christianity. They speak to her "good intentions" and to the factors that caused them to "go awry." The authors critically represent Emma's sincere convictions towards mission work and the running of the Crosby Girls' Home (later to become a residential school), while at the same time exposing them as a product of the times in which she lived. They also examine the roles of Native and mixed-race intermediaries who made possible the feats attributed to Thomas Crosby as a heroic male missionary persevering on his own against tremendous odds. This book is a valuable contribution to Canadian history and will appeal to readers in women's, Canadian, Native, and religious studies, as well as those interested in missiology in the Canadian West.Methodist ChurchMissionsBritish ColumbiaPort SimpsonHistoryTsimshian IndiansMissionsBritish ColumbiaHistoryMissionaries' spousesCanadaBiographyMethodist ChurchMissionsHistory.Tsimshian IndiansMissionsHistory.Missionaries' spouses266/.7092BHare Jan1965-1521224Barman Jean1939-1503014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780517803321Good intentions gone awry3760186UNINA