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International Students 1860–2010

Policy and Practice round the World

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  1. Hilary Perraton

    1. Independent Scholar, Cambridge, UK

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  • First book to provide a comparative and historical perspective on student mobility from the mid-nineteenth century to 2010

  • Examines the roles of governments, universities, international agencies and individuals in supporting student mobility, as well as the experiences of international students

  • Covers a broad geographical range of countries across Europe, the Soviet Union, Asia and North America

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-12

  3. Narratives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Origins: Student Travel before the First World War

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      Pages 15-43

    3. Rise and Fall: Between the Wars

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      Pages 45-74

    4. Thirty Glorious Years: Postwar Ideology and Development

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      Pages 75-103

    5. Cooperation or Competition: Into the Market

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      Pages 105-135

  4. Themes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Children of the Gorgeous East: Indian Students and the British Empire

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      Pages 139-167

    3. Profitable Work for Uncle Sam? American Two-Way traffic

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      Pages 169-194

    4. Warm Welcome in the Cold War: The Competition for Students

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      Pages 195-224

    5. Get Them Young: Children across Borders

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      Pages 225-248

    6. The Soldiers’ Tales: International Military Training

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      Pages 249-266

    7. Follow the Money: Who Has Met the Costs and Why

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      Pages 267-298

    8. Conclusion

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      Pages 299-318

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 319-328
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About this book

This book describes how the number of international students has grown in 150 years, from 60,000 to nearly 4 million. It examines the policies adopted towards them by institutions and governments round the world, exploring who travelled, why, and who paid for them. In 1860 most international students travelled within Europe; by 2010 the largest numbers were from Asia. Foreign students have shaped the universities where they studied, been shaped by them, and gone on to change their own lives and societies. Policies for student mobility developed as a function of student demand and of institutional or national interest. At different times they were influenced by the needs of empire, by the cold war, by governments' search for soft power, by labour markets, and by the contribution students made to university finance. Along with university students, others travelled abroad to study: trainee nurses, military officers, the most deprived and the most privileged schoolchildren. All their stories are a vital part of the world's history of education and of its broader social and political history.

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“International Students adopts a more wide-ranging approach that has the student at its centre. The result is a very readable study … . The book has a number of strengths that make it accessible, informative, and critically astute. … themed chapters definitely add a layer of narrative and analysis that sets this book apart from other studies. … This is a fine book and Perraton has done a worthy service to collate everything in such an appealing and stimulating fashion.” (Giles Scott-Smith, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, January 26, 2022)

“Perraton’s historical account of international student mobility is painstakingly and meticulously researched. It provides for the reader a tightly woven synthesis of sources … . . It is one that I will return to often and see myself citing regularly, a go-to reference tome for the history of this field. … this book is to be lauded for contributing a detailed synthesis and historical account of a multifaceted global topic. … It is a welcome read … .” (Jenna Mittelmeier, Higher Education, April 19, 2021)


Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, Cambridge, UK

    Hilary Perraton

About the author

Hilary Perraton worked for most of his career in international education. He is a former deputy chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom and in recent years has been a research associate of the von Hügel Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, and a visiting fellow at the University of London Institute of Education. His previous books include A history of foreign students in Britain and Learning abroad: A history of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: International Students 1860–2010

  • Book Subtitle: Policy and Practice round the World

  • Authors: Hilary Perraton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49946-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49945-7Published: 28 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49948-8Published: 28 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49946-4Published: 27 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 328

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Education, Social History, Political History

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