 Missionaries in Latin America and Asia: A First Global Mass Education WaveChapter Chapter 3 in Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education, 2019, pp 61-97 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This chapter surveys the literature on the long-term impact of Christian missionaries in Latin America and Asia. It focuses on human capital, making the argument that religious missionaries constituted a “first wave” of global mass education. The chapter is centered on the academic contributions by Maria Waldinger (Journal of Development Economics 127:355–378, 2017) and Felipe Valencia Caicedo (The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134:507–556, 2019), on the long-lasting educational impact of Catholic missionaries in Mexico and South America, respectively. It relates these findings to the literature on the indirect effects of religion and the economics of education. It also draws parallels and contrasts with other missionary experiences in Latin America, Africa and, primarily, Asia. It concludes by offering tentative directions for future research on the socioeconomic and cultural legacies of missions in the Americas and beyond. Keywords: Missions; Latin America; Asia; Human capital; Education; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-25417-9_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25417-9_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Economic History from Palgrave Macmillan |
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