Colonialism, education and social change in the British Empire: The cases of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Ireland

Paedagogica Historica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-800

  O’Donoghue, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Colonialism; Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Schooling; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862622732     PISSN: 00309230     EISSN: 1477674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00309230903335686     Document Type: Article

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