01161 a2200265 4500 1138866482 20250317100358.0 250312042015GB eng 9781138866485 Taylor & Francis GBP 48.99 BB 01 eng JNA thema GBC thema JNA bic GBC bic EDU000000 bisac 371 bisac Brian Holmes Educational Policy and the Mission Schools Case Studies from the British Empire 1 Oxford Routledge 20150407 384 p Originally published 1967, this title reveals how the missionaries, so often misguided and short-sighted, were in fact pioneers of modernization, science and freedom. The structure of the book allows for comparative analysis and the volume illustrates how some of the social consequences of action through the schools could be foreseen. In addition light is thrown on the results of Imperial rule during the nineteenth century and on the nature of the impact of Western education in Asia and Africa. 869 869