Youth and Empire : Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia.
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- 9780804796866
- 305.230959/09034
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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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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