Youth and Empire : Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia.
Pomfret, David M.
Youth and Empire : Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Childhood and the Reordering of Empire -- 2. Tropical Childhoods: Health, Hygiene and Nature -- 3. Cultural Contagions: Children in the Colonial Home -- 4. Magic Islands: Children on Display in Colonialisms' Cultures -- 5. Trouble in Fairyland: Cultures of Childhood in Interwar Asia -- 6. Intimate Heights: Children, Nature and Colonial Urban Planning -- 7. Sick Traffic: 'Child Slavery' and Imperial Networks -- 8. Class Reactions: Education and Colonial 'Comings of Age' -- 9. Raising Eurasia: Childhood, Youth and the Mixed-Race Question -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Focusing upon centers of British and French colonial rule in Asia this book examines the emergence of childhood and youth as a central historical force in the global history of empire in the twentieth century.
9780804796866
Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HQ792
305.230959/09034
Youth and Empire : Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Childhood and the Reordering of Empire -- 2. Tropical Childhoods: Health, Hygiene and Nature -- 3. Cultural Contagions: Children in the Colonial Home -- 4. Magic Islands: Children on Display in Colonialisms' Cultures -- 5. Trouble in Fairyland: Cultures of Childhood in Interwar Asia -- 6. Intimate Heights: Children, Nature and Colonial Urban Planning -- 7. Sick Traffic: 'Child Slavery' and Imperial Networks -- 8. Class Reactions: Education and Colonial 'Comings of Age' -- 9. Raising Eurasia: Childhood, Youth and the Mixed-Race Question -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Focusing upon centers of British and French colonial rule in Asia this book examines the emergence of childhood and youth as a central historical force in the global history of empire in the twentieth century.
9780804796866
Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
HQ792
305.230959/09034