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

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Swartz, Rebecca (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Résumé:XIII, 253 p.
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Langue:anglais
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Édition:1st ed. 2019.
Collection:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,
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Accès en ligne:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95909-2
Format: Électronique eBook
Table des matières:
  • 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’.