Education as and for legitimacy : developments in West Indian education between 1846 and 1895 / M. Kazim Bacchus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacchus, M. K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--West Indies, British--History--19th century.

Education.

Education and state--West Indies, British--History--19th century.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of the development of education in the British West Indian colonies during the last half of the nineteenth century examines the educational policies and curriculum used in schools following the abolition of slavery. During this period the nature and development of the educational system in the region was profoundly affected by the decline of the sugar industry, the emergence of black and coloured middle classes and the threat they posed to the ruling white elite, and the institutionalization of cultural divisions between the black and white populations. Bacchus argues that after

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGES AFFECTING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1864-95; CHAPTER 1 CONSENSUS AND CONFLICT OVER THE PROVISION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; CHAPTER 2 PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE; CHAPTER 3 FACTORS INFLUENCING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE; CHAPTER 4 THE DOMINANCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS; CHAPTER 5 THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

CHAPTER 6 OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION CHAPTER 7 TEACHERS: THEIR SUPPLY AND STATUS; CHAPTER 8 PRIMARY EDUCATION, 1846-95: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 9 SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1845-95; CHAPTER 10 SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM; CHAPTER 11 SECONDARY EDUCATION AND UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY; CHAPTER 12 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780889208919

0889208913

OCLC:

753479456