Recruitment and literacy in World War I: evidence from colonial Punjab
Vanden Eynde, O.
(2014).
Recruitment and literacy in World War I: evidence from colonial Punjab.
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 |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2014 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 03 May 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/75089 |