Symbol of Authority
Subtitle: The British District Officer in Africa (International Library of Colonial History)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781850434528
Subjects: Central government; Political Process - Leadership; History; Imperialism; Public Administration; Public Affairs & Administration; History - General History; Officials and employees; History: World; British Isles; Africa - General; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; Administration; Africa; Colonies; Great Britain
First sentence: This is a socio-historical study of members of the Colonial Administrative Service whose careers were as District Officers in Africa between 1932 and 1966.
Description: "The district officer (DO) was the pivot of the British Colonial Administration throughout the British Empire, as was his counterpart in India. The DO was both administrator and magistrate; he was also the essential link with the professional and technical services and with the indigenous population - the 600 million 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.