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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Swartz, Rebecca (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XIII, 253 p. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,
Subjects:	Imperialism. World history. Education > History. Social history. Imperialism and Colonialism. World History, Global and Transnational History. History of Education. Social History.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95909-2
Format:	Electronic eBook

Table of Contents:

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’.

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