Secular and Koranic literacies in South Asia: From colonisation to contemporary practice

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 661-668

  Maddox, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Census; Colonialism; Ethnography; Gender; Islam; Literacy; Schooling

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; COLONIZATION; EDUCATION; ISLAMISM; LITERACY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35448994284     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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