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Exporting empire: Africa, colonial officials and the construction of the British imperial state, c.1900-39 (Studies in Imperialism MUP)
Christopher Prior
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Paperback. Looks at the attitudes of colonial officials in Africa who served between the end of the19th century and WWII, as well as what shaped such attitudes, including education and training, interrelationships, infrastructural change, and anti-colonial nationalism. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials were the most visible manifestation of British imperial power. But in spite of their importance in administering such vast imperial territories, the attitudes of officials who served between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War, as well as what shaped such attitudes, have yet to be examined in any systematic way. In this original and revisionist work, now available in paperback, Prior draws upon an enormous array of private and official papers to address some key questions about the colonial services. How did officials' education and ... Read more
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials were the most visible manifestation of British imperial power. But in spite of their importance in administering such vast imperial territories, the attitudes of officials who served between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War, as well as what shaped such attitudes, have yet to be examined in any systematic way. In this original and revisionist work, now available in paperback, Prior draws upon an enormous array of private and official papers to address some key questions about the colonial services. How did officials' education and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099298
SKU
V9780719099298
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About Christopher Prior
Christopher Prior is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Southampton -- .
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