David M Pomfret
Biographic Data
| ID | 4101649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David M Pomfret |
| GIVEN NAMES | David M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pomfret |
| SIGNATURE | POMFRET D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Battle for the Peak: Childhood, the Great War and Cultural Heritage Tourism in Hong Kong
The impact of the First World War in Asia brought restrictions on the ability of European children and families to travel and exposed the fragility of foreign communities’ claims upon imperial privilege and power. During the war, foreign communities in colonial contexts responded by launching demands for far-reaching and controversial reforms in defence of childhood. Taking the example of the foreign community in Hong Kong, this article shows how…
Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia
 Colonial Circulationsâ
Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia
Focusing upon centres of British and French colonial rule in Asia, this book examines the emergence of childhood and youth as a central historical force in the global history of empire in the 20th century
Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century
Through a variety of case studies, Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century examines the emergence of youth and young people as a central historical force in the global history of the
Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China: Communities and Cultural Production
As China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipation and trepidation. For members of China's diasporic community, the rise of China created ripples of change, influencing communities, culture, and communication, and even challenging the very concept of diaspora. Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China examines how artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals from the Chinese diaspora re…
Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies
Sexual relationships between European men and indigenous women produced racially mixed offspring in all of Europe's empires. Recent interdisciplinary scholarship has shown how these persons of mixed race, seen as transgressing the interior frontiers of supposedly fixed categories of racial and juridical difference upon which colonizers' prestige and authority rested, posed a challenge to the elaborate but fragile sets of subjective criteria by wh…
Child Slavery' in British and French Far-Eastern Colonies 1880-1945
Representations of Adolescence in the Modern City: Voluntary Provision and Work in Nottingham and Saint-Etienne, 1890-1914
Historians agree that around 1900 the concept of adolescence was reworked, valorized, and given scientific legitimacy. In Western political, pedagogical, philanthropic, and literary circles, an understanding of adolescence as a distinct and universal stage of life achieved currency. However, broad studies have glossed over local differences in provision for and representations of adolescence. By comparing representations of adolescence drawn from…
Child Slavery' in British and French Far-Eastern Colonies 1880-1945
Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies
Sexual relationships between European men and indigenous women produced racially mixed offspring in all of Europe's empires. Recent interdisciplinary scholarship has shown how these persons of mixed race, seen as transgressing the interior frontiers of supposedly fixed categories of racial and juridical difference upon which colonizers' prestige and authority rested, posed a challenge to the elaborate but fragile sets of subjective criteria by wh…
Representations of Adolescence in the Modern City: Voluntary Provision and Work in Nottingham and Saint-Etienne, 1890-1914
Historians agree that around 1900 the concept of adolescence was reworked, valorized, and given scientific legitimacy. In Western political, pedagogical, philanthropic, and literary circles, an understanding of adolescence as a distinct and universal stage of life achieved currency. However, broad studies have glossed over local differences in provision for and representations of adolescence. By comparing representations of adolescence drawn from…
Battle for the Peak: Childhood, the Great War and Cultural Heritage Tourism in Hong Kong
The impact of the First World War in Asia brought restrictions on the ability of European children and families to travel and exposed the fragility of foreign communities’ claims upon imperial privilege and power. During the war, foreign communities in colonial contexts responded by launching demands for far-reaching and controversial reforms in defence of childhood. Taking the example of the foreign community in Hong Kong, this article shows how…
Representations of Adolescence in the Modern City: Voluntary Provision and Work in Nottingham and Saint-Etienne, 1890-1914
Historians agree that around 1900 the concept of adolescence was reworked, valorized, and given scientific legitimacy. In Western political, pedagogical, philanthropic, and literary circles, an understanding of adolescence as a distinct and universal stage of life achieved currency. However, broad studies have glossed over local differences in provision for and representations of adolescence. By comparing representations of adolescence drawn from…
Child Slavery' in British and French Far-Eastern Colonies 1880-1945
Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies
Sexual relationships between European men and indigenous women produced racially mixed offspring in all of Europe's empires. Recent interdisciplinary scholarship has shown how these persons of mixed race, seen as transgressing the interior frontiers of supposedly fixed categories of racial and juridical difference upon which colonizers' prestige and authority rested, posed a challenge to the elaborate but fragile sets of subjective criteria by wh…
Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China: Communities and Cultural Production
As China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipation and trepidation. For members of China's diasporic community, the rise of China created ripples of change, influencing communities, culture, and communication, and even challenging the very concept of diaspora. Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China examines how artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals from the Chinese diaspora re…
Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia
 Colonial Circulationsâ
Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia
Focusing upon centres of British and French colonial rule in Asia, this book examines the emergence of childhood and youth as a central historical force in the global history of empire in the 20th century
Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century
Through a variety of case studies, Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century examines the emergence of youth and young people as a central historical force in the global history of the
Battle for the Peak: Childhood, the Great War and Cultural Heritage Tourism in Hong Kong
The impact of the First World War in Asia brought restrictions on the ability of European children and families to travel and exposed the fragility of foreign communities’ claims upon imperial privilege and power. During the war, foreign communities in colonial contexts responded by launching demands for far-reaching and controversial reforms in defence of childhood. Taking the example of the foreign community in Hong Kong, this article shows how…
History (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Empire (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)