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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shannon, Matthew K., 1983- author.

Title: Mission manifest : American evangelicals and Iran in the twentieth century / Matthew K. Shannon.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Series: The United States in the world | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023042166 (print) | LCCN 2023042167 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501775949 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501775963 (epub) | ISBN 9781501775956 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. | Presbyterian Church—Missions—Iran—Tehran—History— 20th century. | Missions, American—Iran—Tehran—History—20th century. | Missionaries—Iran—Tehran—History— 20th century.

Classification: LCC BV3215 .S47 2024 (print) | LCC BV3215 (ebook) | DDC 266/.02373055—dc23/eng/20240102

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023042166

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023042167

Cover image: Logo from a 1956 poster for United Nations Day at the American Community School in Iran.