Western Education and the New Elite
The unintended consequence of colonial education in creating a class of Western-educated nationalists.
Key Questions
- 1Why did colonial powers provide limited Western education to local elites?
- 2How did European political thought provide the tools for anti-colonialism?
- 3What role did the "vernacular" vs "English-stream" divide play in social hierarchy?
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