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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Conroy-Krutz, Emily, author.

Title: Missionary diplomacy : religion and nineteenth-century American foreign relations / Emily Conroy-Krutz.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023022411 (print) | LCCN 2023022412 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501773983 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501774003 (epub) | ISBN 9781501773990 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Christianity and international relations—United States—History—19th century. | Missionaries—Political activity—History—19th century. | Protestantism—Influence. | United States—Foreign relations.

Classification: LCC BR115.I7 C65 2024 (print) |LCC BR115.I7 (ebook) | DDC 261.8/7—dc23/eng/20230907

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023022411

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023022412

Cover image: Map from Missionary Manual: A Sketch of the History and Present State of Christian Missions to the Heathen [. . .], rev. ed. (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1839), foldout from back cover.