Symbol of Authority

The British District Officer in Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Av Anthony Kirk-Greene, UK) Kirk-Greene, Anthony (Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford

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The district officer - the D.O. - was the pivot of the British Colonial Administration throughout the British Empire, as was his counterpart in India - immortalized in Philip Woodruff's "The Men who Ruled India". The D.O. who was both administrator and magistrate and the essential link with the professional and technical services and essentially, with the indigenous population - the 600,000,000 people they served - in an empire of service rather than domination. In this book, Anthony Kirk-Greene, who was himself a distinguished member of the Nigeria Service, draws upon personal memoirs, diaries, private and official papers, and his own experience, to paint a vivid picture of the service and a never-to-be-repeated episode in British history.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-11-23
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781850434528

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List of Illustrations – viForeword by J.H. Smith, CBE – viiAbbreviations – xiIntroduction – xvPart I. Stepping Stones1. The Colonial Administrative Service: Chronology and Context – 12. Towards a Colonial Service Career – 153. Training for the Colonial Service – 42Part II. The Heart of the Matter4. First Tour – 605. The Day’s Work: In Station – 946. The Day’s Work: On Tour – 1247. The Day’s Work: The Secretariat – 1438. After the Day’s Work – 1649. Through Female Eyes – 180Part III. All Change10. The District Officer and Decolonization – 20711. Looking Back: The Image and the Memory of the DO – 231Notes – 270Bibliography – 305