Education and empire : children, race and humanitarianism in the British settler colonies, 1833-1880 /: children, race and humanitarianism in the British settler colonies, 1833-1880. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rebecca Swartz.
• Authors: (Historian), Swartz, Rebecca
• 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'.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.829; Indigenous children -- Education -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Colonies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319959092
• Related ISBNs: 9783319959085
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