Tschurenev Jana. Empire, Civil Society, and the Beginnings of Colonial Education in India

Cambridge University Press, 2019. — 386 p. — ISBN: 1108498337.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.A Colonial Experiment in Education, Madras, 1789–1796
Education of the Poor, 1805–1813
Missionaries, Empire, and the Cause of Universal Education, 1792–1824
Race, Class, and Gender: The Social Agenda of Education, 1809–1830
Rules and Numbers: Transforming Rural Education, 1814–1830
Intellectual Conquest: Education Societies, ‘Useful Knowledge’, and the Bengal Renaissance, 1817–1854
Civil Society, Government, and Educational Institution-Building, Bombay Presidency, 1819–1882
Teaching the Marginalized: Universal Education and the Politics of Inequality, 1789–1937
Conclusion: The Emergence of Public Elementary Schooling in an Imperial Frame