Book contents
- Empire’s Children
- Empire’s Children
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and table
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Poverty and possibility in the era of Greater Britain
- 2 Developing empire, building children
- 3 Upholding the banner of White Australia
- 4 “Defective” boys and “problem” girls
- 5 From imperial child welfare to national childhoods
- 6 Growing up in the twilight of empire
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Oral Histories
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - “Defective” boys and “problem” girls
selection standards in 1930s Australia and Southern Rhodesia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Empire’s Children
- Empire’s Children
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and table
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Poverty and possibility in the era of Greater Britain
- 2 Developing empire, building children
- 3 Upholding the banner of White Australia
- 4 “Defective” boys and “problem” girls
- 5 From imperial child welfare to national childhoods
- 6 Growing up in the twilight of empire
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Oral Histories
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Empire's ChildrenChild Emigration, Welfare, and the Decline of the British World, 1869–1967, pp. 126 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014