In the shadows of the mission: Education policy, urban space, and the ‘colonial present’ in Sydney

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-280

  Gulson, Kalervo N ^a,b   Parkes, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Education policy; Racialisation; Urban space; Colonial present

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950782172     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320903178246     Document Type: Article

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