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Youth and empire : trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia
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- Creator
- David M. Pomfret
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016
- Physical Details
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- xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0804795177, 0804796866, 9780804795173, 9780804796866
- OCLC
- ocn911180096, ocn930024170
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Children -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
- Children -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Children -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
- Children -- Colonies -- France -- Social conditions.
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions.
- France -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions.