Education and Empire Children, Race and Humanitarianism in the British Settler Colonies, 1833-1880 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Swartz, Rebecca (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Θέματα: Imperialism.; World history.; Education-History.; Social history.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; History of Education.; Social History.

This book tracks the changes in government involvement in Indigneous children's education over the nineteenth century, drawing on case studies from the Caribbean, Australia and South Africa. Schools were pivotal in the production and reproduction of racial difference in the colonies of settleme...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter One: Introduction: Education and Empire: Children, Race and Humanitarianism in the British settler colonies
• Chapter Two: 'The gift of education': Emancipation and government education in the West Indies, Britain and beyond
• Chapter Three: Civilising spaces: Government, missionaries and land in education in Western Australia
• Chapter Four: 'Forgotten and neglected': Settlers, government and Africans' education in Natal
• Chapter Five: A useful education: Humanitarianism, settler colonialism and industrial schools in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
• Chapter Six: Researching education: Florence Nightingale, British imperialism and colonial schools
• Chapter Seven: Education and obligation: Compulsory schooling, childhood and the family
• Chapter Eight: Conclusion: The 'chief blessing of civilisation, the benefit of education'.