Youth and empire : trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia / David M. Pomfret.
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TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780804796866 (e-book)
- Children -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Children -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Children -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions
- Children -- France -- Colonies -- Social conditions
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions
- France -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions
- 305.230959/09034 23
- HQ792.A785 P66 2016
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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