J. (University of Strathclyde, UK) Mangan 
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Education and British Imperialism

This volume concentrates on the processes and practices of formal education, which shaped, and were shaped by, imperial values, attitudes and behaviour. It is concerned with:

• The myths and visions of imperialism;



• The nature and extent of ethnocentric attitudes, declared and undeclared;



• The use of education as a means of disseminating and reinforcing imperial images;



• The changing concept of imperialism as reflected in the emphases of educational literature



• The different perceptions of imperialism in the various social and ethnic strata of metropolitan and overseas communities and education systems



• The assimiliation, adaptation and rejection of metropolitan educational models



• The issue of imperial education as enlightenment, hegemony and control.

The book features chapters by educationalists, historians and sociologists on education as a cornerstone in the construction of imperial control.