TY - BOOK AU - Pomfret,David M. TI - Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia SN - 9780804796866 AV - HQ792 U1 - 305.230959/09034 PY - 2015/// CY - Redwood City PB - Stanford University Press KW - Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Social conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4414751 ER -