Education and Empire Children, Race and Humanitarianism in the British Settler Colonies, 1833–1880 /
1. Verfasser: | |
---|---|
Körperschaft: | |
Zusammenfassung: | XIII, 253 p. text |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
|
Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2019. |
Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,
|
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95909-2 |
Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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’.