Symbol of Authority: The British District Officer in Africa

by Anthony Kirk-Greene

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850434522
• ISBN13: 9781850434528
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"