Gülbadi Alan, AMERİKAN BOARD’IN MERZİFON’DAKİ FAALİYETLERİ VE ANADOLU KOLEJİ, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2008, 650 sayfa, ISBN978-975-16-2093-4 (original) (raw)

2020, Karadeniz İncelemeleri Dergisi

Ayşegül KUŞ  Alan, who is a professor at the History department at the Faculty of letters in Erciyes University has carried out several studies on the missionary activities that gained a different momentum in the Ottoman lands in the early years of the 19th century owing to some military, political, social and economic changes through which the Ottoman Empire went. Along with a foreword, the abreviations and the introduction and the closing, bibliography, index and the supplements included in the book, the book is mainly made up of four parts. What makes the book valuable and interesting for the readers is that it specifically focuses on the missionary activities ranging from religious, educational services to health and relief services provided by the American Board and its activities within the franework of the Anatolian College in Merzifon. Moreover, while giving a detailed account related to the subject, the writer also uses a wide range of primary sources such as the Ottoman documents, the American archives and the Papers of the American Board of Commisioners for Foreign Missions, which cast a light upon the arrival of the American Board in Merzifon, the activities conducted at Merzifon station, some 