Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Child at School: Compulsory Education in the Madras Presidency
- 2 Educating the Child: The Introduction of Compulsory Education in Madras City
- 3 Imagining the Child as Learner: Progressive Pedagogy in the Madras Presidency
- 4 Producing the Healthy Schoolchild
- 5 Saving the Child: The Madras Children Act, 1920, and the Beginnings of a Juvenile Justice System
- 6 Protecting the Poor Child: The Practical Expansion of Juvenile Justice
- 7 Defining Childhood: Sexual Parameters of Childhood
- 8 Remembering Childhoods: Childhood Memories in Autobiographies
- Conclusion: Children, Childhood and the Growth of the Avuncular State in South India
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 April 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Child at School: Compulsory Education in the Madras Presidency
- 2 Educating the Child: The Introduction of Compulsory Education in Madras City
- 3 Imagining the Child as Learner: Progressive Pedagogy in the Madras Presidency
- 4 Producing the Healthy Schoolchild
- 5 Saving the Child: The Madras Children Act, 1920, and the Beginnings of a Juvenile Justice System
- 6 Protecting the Poor Child: The Practical Expansion of Juvenile Justice
- 7 Defining Childhood: Sexual Parameters of Childhood
- 8 Remembering Childhoods: Childhood Memories in Autobiographies
- Conclusion: Children, Childhood and the Growth of the Avuncular State in South India
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Imagining Childhood, Improving ChildrenThe Emergence of an ‘Avuncular’ State in Late Colonial South India, pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023