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Youth and empire : trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pomfret, David M., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : childhood and the reordering of empire
  • Tropical childhoods : health, hygiene and nature
  • Cultural contagions : children in the colonial home
  • Magic islands : children on display in colonialisms' cultures
  • Trouble in fairyland : cultures of childhood in interwar Asia
  • Intimate heights : children, nature and colonial urban planning
  • Sick traffic : 'child slavery' and imperial networks
  • Class reactions : education and colonial 'comings of age'
  • Raising Eurasia : childhood, youth and the mixed race question.