Intro; Series Editors' Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Transnational in the History of Education; The Concept of the Transnational; A Transnational History of Education: Between International Education and Transnational Historical Research; The Discourse on "International Education": A Field of Research Emerges; Transnational Historical Approaches; Research on the Transnational History of Education; Principal Research Areas; International Interactions and Networks of Educators; Colonial and Imperial Histories of Education
The International Formation of Educational ScienceInstitutional Histories; Diffusion of Pedagogical Knowledge; Gender Studies; Textbook Research; Theories and Methods; World System Theory-World Culture-World Society; Postcolonial Theory and Subaltern Studies; Networks; Lending and Borrowing; Languages and Concepts; Cultural Transfer, Histoire Croisée, Shared History; Norm Cycle; The Transnational Under the Magnifying Glass; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Transnational and Transcultural: Approaches to Studying the Circulation and Transfer of Educational Knowledge; Introduction
Transnational History as a Research PerspectiveCultural Transfer Studies and Histoire Croisée as Methodical Approaches of a Transnational Research Perspective; On Analyzing Culture Transfer Processes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Day Nurseries in Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Challenge of the Transnational Approach; Introduction; The Birth and Development of the Crèche in France; The Transnational Transfer of the Crèche in Italy Between Liberal and Fascist Reforms; The Crèche in Tsarist and Soviet Russia; Conclusion; Bibliography
Chapter 4 Conversations About the Transnational: Reading and Writing the Empire in the History of EducationIntroduction; The Imperial Turn in the History of Education: Analytical Steps Toward the Transnational; Traveling Teachers as Transnational Actors; Schooling the Indigenous "Other": The Effects of Transnational Experiences and Conversations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Transnationalism and the Engagement of Empire: Precursors of the Postcolonial World; A Colony Becoming a Nation; Asia, the Transnational and the "Modern"; Post/Colonial Education in India; "Educating" India
Theorizing the Transnational in India and the Genius of GandhiEarly Indian Epistemological Terrains: Non-transnational Precursors; Excavating Early Transnational European Interventions; Colonial Transnationalism with Legacies for the Future; Colonial Transnationalism and Indian Disengagement; Bureaucracy; Eurasians; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Adaptations of Adaptation: On How an Educational Concept Travels from the Heartlands to the Hinterlands; Adaptation at the International Conference on Education in the Colonies (Paris, 1931); Toward Adaptation in the French African Colonies