Colonial Childhoods is about the politics of childhood in India between the 1860s and the 1930s. It examines not only the redefinition of the 'child' in the cul

An exploration of the shaping of childhood in the colonial period.

European colonization of other continents has had far-reaching and lasting consequences for the construction of childhoods and children’s lives throughout the

Examining the aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late 16th and late 18th centuries, this text contains essays and documents that shed lig

This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children—one of the least researched groups in African colonial history.