This reissue examines the crucial question of how the education systems of Third World countries continue to be influenced by the former colonial powers, arguing that decisions and views made early in the twentieth century cannot always be so readily condemned from the standpoint of the 1980s.

1. Colonialism and Educational Development 2. Education in British Colonial Dependencies 1919-1939: A Reappraisal 3. Education and Underdevelopment in Africa: The Historical Perspective 4. The Contribution of Mission Schools to Educational Development in South East Asia 5. Education and Colonialism in Peninsular Malaysia 6. Colonialism and Education - Vietnam 7. The Legacy of Colonialism in West Indian Education 8. Neocolonialism and Education in Latin America 9. Co-operation or Colonialism? A Preliminary Consideration of the Scheme of Co-operation Between New Zealand and Fiji 1924-1975 10. Educational Neocolonialism - the Continuing Colonial Legacy.