ISBN:
9780415682589
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (249 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Education
Parallel Title:
Print version Making Imperial Mentalities : Socialisation and British Imperialism
DDC:
303.3/2/0941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the perceptions of people at 'home', in the dominions and in the colonies. Across the diversity of imperial territories it explores themes such as the diverse nature of political socialisation, the various agents and agencies of persuasion, reaction to the 'experience of dominance' by dominant and dominated, the paradoxical impact of the missionary and the subversive role of some women. It also considers the significant issues of colonial adaptation, re
Description / Table of Contents:
MAKING IMPERIAL MENTALITIES: Socialisation and British Imperialism; Copyright; Making Imperial Mentalities: SOCIALISATION AND BRITISH IMPERIALISM; Original Copyright; CONTENTS; General introduction; Introduction: Making Imperial Mentalities; CHAPTER 1: Slavery, social death and imperialism: the formation of a Christian black elite in the West Indies, 1800-1845; CHAPTER 2: Sisters under the skin: imperialism and the emancipation of women in Malaya, c.1891-1941; CHAPTER 3: Drill and dance as symbols of imperialism
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 4: 'Mothers for the Empire'? The Girl Guides Association in Britain, 1909-1939CHAPTER 5: Victorians, socialisation and imperialism: consequences for post-imperial India; CHAPTER 6: Christian imperialists of the Raj: left, right and centre; CHAPTER 7: White supremacy and the rhetoric of educational indoctrination: a Canadian case-study; CHAPTER 8: 'A part of Pakeha society': Europeanising the Maori child; CHAPTER 9: Processes of colonial control: the Bermuda school question, 1926-1954; CHAPTER 10: Examinations and Empire: the Cambridge Certificate in the colonies, 1857-1957; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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