Imperial Childhoods and Christian Mission [electronic resource] : Education and Emotions in South India and Denmark /
Vallgårda, K.author.
Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Children and the Discordance of Colonial Conversions; 2 Controversy and Collapse: On Christian Day Schools; 3 Raising Two Categories of Children; 4 Tying Children to God with Love; 5 Science, Morality, Care, and Control; 6 Emotional Labor of Loss; 7 Planting Seeds in Young Hearts; Epilogue: The Productive Figure of the Universal Child; Appendix 1: Glossary; Appendix 2: Overview of Mission Stations; Bibliography: Unpublished Sources; Bibliography: Published Sources; Bibliography: Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark.
Civilization—History.
Social groups.
Family.
Imperialism.
Christianity.
Social history.
History, Modern.
Cultural History.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Christianity.
Social History.
Modern History.