Washburn Fifty Years in Constantinople and Recollections of Robert College

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3408-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten

George Washburn’s memoir describes characters and events during his presidency of Robert College (1877–1903), the first American missionary college in the Ottoman Empire and the Near East, and the first American college founded outside the United States, as well as the rivalry between the declining Ottoman Empire and the rapidly growing United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Washburn, George

Weitere Mitwirkende

Umit, Devrim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Missionierung und Konvertierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 5)
- INTRODUCTION (page 7)
- FIFTY YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF ROBERT COLLEGE (page 37)
- PREFACE (page 41)
- CONTENTS (page 43)
- ILLUSTRATIONS (page 49)
- INTRODUCTION (page 51)
- FIFTY YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE CHAPTER I: THE FOUNDING OF ROBERT COLLEGE (page 69)
- CHAPTER II: THE OPENING OF THE COLLEGE AT BEBEC (page 82)
- CHAPTER III: LAST TWO YEARS AT BEBEC. 1869-1871 (page 103)
- CHAPTER IV: NINTH COLLEGE YEAR. 1871-1872 (page 121)
- CHAPTER V: DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE. 1872-1873 (page 136)
- CHAPTER VI: RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS. 1873-1874 (page 150)
- CHAPTER VII: VISIT OF MR. ROBERT 1874-1875 (page 163)
- CHAPTER VIII: POLITICAL CRISIS IN TURKEY. 1875-1876 (page 174)
- CHAPTER IX: THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.1876-1877 (page 191)
- CHAPTER X: THE RUSSIANS AT SAN STEFANO. 1877-1878 (page 205)
- CHAPTER XI: MR. ROBERT'S DEATH. 1878-1879 (page 215)
- CHAPTER XII: AFTER THE WAR. 1879-1880 (page 227)
- CHAPTER XIII: TWO YEARS IN AMERICA. 1880-1882 (page 236)
- CHAPTER XVI: THE COLLEGE AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS. 1882-1884 (page 248)
- CHAPTER XV: THE GREAT CRISIS IN BULFGARIA. 1884-1886 (page 259)
- CHAPTER XVI: THE OVERTHROW OF PRINCE ALEXANDER. 1886-1888 (page 271)
- CHAPTER XVII: ARMENIAN AND BULGARIAN TROUBLES. 1888-1890 (page 281)
- CHAPTER XVIII: ANOTHER TWO YEARS IN AMERICA. 1889-1891 (page 290)
- CHAPTER XIX: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COLLEGE. 1890-1892 (page 299)
- CHAPTER XX: TRYING TIMES IN TURKEY. 1892-1894 (page 308)
- CHAPTER XXI: REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 1894-1896 (page 317)
- CHAPTER XXII: THE GREAT CONSTANTINOPLE MASSACRE. 1896-1897 (page 329)
- CHAPTER XXIII: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE. 1897-1899 (page 338)
- CHAPTER XXIV: DEATH OF DR. HAMLIN. 1899-1901 (page 348)
- CHAPTER XXV: NEW PROFESSORS AND NEW BUILDINGS. 1901-1902 (page 359)
- CHAPTER XXVI: MY RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENCY. 1902-1903 (page 368)
- CHAPTER XXVII: THE WORK OF FORTY YEARS. 1863-1903 (page 377)
- APPENDIX (page 395)
- INDEX (page 405)