Empire, Education, and Indigenous Childhoods

Helen May is Professor of Education at the University of Otago College of Education, Dunedin, New Zealand; Baljit Kaur is an independent scholar based in Ottawa, Canada; and Larry Prochner is Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Alberta, Canada.

• Introduction Old World Enlightenment: New World Contexts, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 1 A Civilizing Mission: Educational, Evangelical, and Missionary Endeavours, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 2 ‘Nurseries of discipline’: Infant School Experiments in Britain, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 3 ‘A fine moral machinery’: Infant Schools in British India, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 4 ‘Suited to the tastes and dispositions of Indian children’: Infant Schools in Canada, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 5 ‘An alphabet on her coffin’: Infant Schools for M?ori Children in New Zealand, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner; Chapter 6 Conclusion, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, Larry Prochner;

'Empire, Education, and Indigenous Childhoods perforce covers a lot of ground. ... the book is outstanding as a guide to the topic, as well as a helpful treatment of the topic itself.' Journal of British Studies '... this is a complex, intensively research, and extensively grounded book. Little-known episodes from the past are etched out and an exploratory, non-judgmental framework is used for analysis.' Historical Studies in Education