Empire, civil society, and the beginnings of colonial education in India / Jana Tschurenev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tschurenev, Jana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--India--History--19th century.

Education.

Education and state--India--History--19th century.

Education and state.

Education, Colonial.

History.

India.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 374 pages : illustraitios ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book tells a story of radical educational change. In the early nineteenth century, an imperial civil society movement promoted modern elementary 'schools for all'. This movement included British, American and German missionaries, and Indian intellectuals and social reformers. They organised themselves in non-governmental organisations, which aimed to change Indian education. Firstly, they introduced a new culture of schooling, centred on memorisation, examination, and technocratic management. Secondly, they laid the ground for the building of the colonial system of education, which substituted indigenous education. Thirdly, they broadened the social accessibility of schooling. However, for the nineteenth century reformers, education for all did not mean equal education for all: elementary schooling became a means to teach different subalterns 'their place' in colonial society. Finally, the educational movement also furthered the building of a secular 'national education' in England.

ISBN:

1108498337

9781108498333

OCLC:

1099274521