Youth and empire
Subtitle: trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia
By: David M. Pomfret
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780804795173
Subjects: Social conditions; Colonies; Children
Description: Focusing upon centres 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 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : childhood and the reordering of empire; title: Tropical childhoods : health, hygiene and nature; title: Cultural contagions : children in the colonial home; title: Magic islands : children on display in colonialisms' cultures; title: Trouble in fairyland : cultures of childhood in interwar Asia; title: Intimate heights : children, nature and colonial urban planning; title: Sick traffic : 'child slavery' and imperial networks; title: Class reactions : education and colonial 'comings of age'; title: Raising Eurasia : childhood, youth and the mixed race question.