Vanden Eynde, Oliver (2014) Recruitment and literacy in World War I: evidence from colonial Punjab. South Asia @ LSE (05 Nov 2014). Website.
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Abstract
Most Indian soldiers were volunteers who could not read or write before they were recruited by the British but serving in a professional army provided opportunities to acquire new skills. Here Oliver Vanden Eynde writes about his research which suggests higher post-war literacy rates in heavily recruited areas can be attributed to informal learning opportunities in the army.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D501 World War I D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia L Education > L Education (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2017 07:30 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 19:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/75089 |
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