The 1883 colonial authorities abandoned manual training for a managerial caste system

Evidence

The little French learning was also dangerous, in that it aroused a powerful appetite for more; and it threatened (because of economic problems) to create a class of “literate unemployed”. In words that could have applied to more than just education, an old Kabyle complained sadly to Germaine Tillion: “You’ve led us to the middle of the ford, and there you’ve left us.…” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 181 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial education aimed to limit subject aspirations by withholding surplus skills; Colonial training schemes aimed to shape sentiments and restrict desires; Partial colonial education created a literate unemployed class who felt abandoned — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 181

Related

• Partial colonial education created a literate unemployed class who felt abandoned (similarity 0.85)
• Pathare Prabhus leveraged scribal literacy to enter colonial employment in western India (similarity 0.83)
• Colonial education produced a deracinated Black middle class serving as intermediaries. (similarity 0.81)
• Partial French education created a frustrated literate-unemployed class that fueled revolt (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Colonial training schemes aimed to shape sentiments and restrict desires #corroborates (0.80)
• Colonial education aimed to limit subject aspirations by withholding surplus skills #corroborates (0.70)
• Partial colonial education created a literate unemployed class who felt abandoned #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 181