David M. Pomfret is Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of History at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He writes on the history of childhood and youth in Europe and its colonies using transnational and comparative methodologies. He is the author or editor of six books and his most recent monograph, Youth and Empire: Trans-colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia (2016) won the Grace Abbott book prize.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction1. Concepts of Youth, David Pomfret2. Spaces and Places, Matt Parnell3. Education and Work,: Colin Heywood4. Leisure and Play, Harald Fischer-Tiné5. Emotions,: Kristine Alexander6. Gender, Sexuality and the Body, Corrie Decker7. Belief and Ideology, Sayaka Chatani8. Authority and Agency, Abosede George9. War and Conflict, Jialin Christina Wu10.Toward a World History, Richard Ivan Jobs

David M. Pomfret is Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of History at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He writes on the history of childhood and youth in Europe and its colonies using transnational and comparative methodologies. He is the author or editor of six books and his most recent monograph, Youth and Empire: Trans-colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia (2016) won the Grace Abbott book prize.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction1. Concepts of Youth, David Pomfret2. Spaces and Places, Matt Parnell3. Education and Work,: Colin Heywood4. Leisure and Play, Harald Fischer-Tiné5. Emotions,: Kristine Alexander6. Gender, Sexuality and the Body, Corrie Decker7. Belief and Ideology, Sayaka Chatani8. Authority and Agency, Abosede George9. War and Conflict, Jialin Christina Wu10.Toward a World History, Richard Ivan Jobs

David M. Pomfret is Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of History at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He writes on the history of childhood and youth in Europe and its colonies using transnational and comparative methodologies. He is the author or editor of six books and his most recent monograph, Youth and Empire: Trans-colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia (2016) won the Grace Abbott book prize.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction1. Concepts of Youth, David Pomfret2. Spaces and Places, Matt Parnell3. Education and Work,: Colin Heywood4. Leisure and Play, Harald Fischer-Tiné5. Emotions,: Kristine Alexander6. Gender, Sexuality and the Body, Corrie Decker7. Belief and Ideology, Sayaka Chatani8. Authority and Agency, Abosede George9. War and Conflict, Jialin Christina Wu10.Toward a World History, Richard Ivan Jobs