Between the English Civil War of 1642 and the American Revolution, countless British missionaries announced their intention to "spread the gospel" among the native North American population. Despite the scope of their endeavors, they converted only a handful of American Indians to Christianity. Their attempts to secure moral and financial support at home proved much more successful. In The Poor Indians, Laura Stevens delves deeply into the language and ideology British missionaries used to gain support, and she examines their wider cultural significance. Invoking pity and compassion for "the poor Indian"—a purely fictional construct—British missionaries used the Black Legend of cruelties perpetrated by Spanish conquistadors to contrast their own projects with those of Catholic missionaries, whose methods were often brutal and deceitful. They also tapped into a remarkably effective means of swaying British Christians by connecting the latter's feelings of religious superiority with moral obligation. Describing mission work through metaphors of commerce, missionaries asked their readers in England to invest, financially and emotionally, in the cultivation of Indian souls. As they saved Indians from afar, supporters renewed their own faith, strengthened the empire against the corrosive effects of paganism, and invested in British Christianity with philanthropic fervor. The Poor Indians thus uncovers the importance of religious feeling and commercial metaphor in strengthening imperial identity and colonial ties, and it shows how missionary writings helped fashion British subjects who were self-consciously transatlantic and imperial because they were religious, sentimental, and actively charitable.

This report draws on a survey and case study evidence from 28 watershed management groups in Haryana to argue that participatory watershed management projects need not necessarily safeguard the interests of poorer rural households.

The present edition of the Textbook in Economics is a thoroughly revised edition. This revised edition meets the requirements of new course structure introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.). Distinct features of this edition are : ● Based on the New NCERT Textbook ● Based on new examination pattern ● Up-to-date study material with most reliable data ● Comprehensive coverage of the prescribed syllabus ● Language used is easy, simple and lucid ● Includes all important government schemes like : Make in India, Start up India, Skill India, Digital India, Ayushman Bharat, Swachh Bharat Mission, MUDRA Yojana, UDAY Scheme etc. The book has been updated by using the latest information available from government and non government reports, journals and other publications.

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