Exporting Empire - Africa, Colonial Officials Construction of British Imperial State,

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Prior is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Southampton Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introductionIntroduction1. The construction of a governing corps2. An imperial education3. Individualism, intrigue and esprit de corps4. Envisioning imperial authority: Power, ritual and knowledge5. Implementing colonial change: Economics, infrastructure and education6. Managing social and political change: Tradition, modernity and indirect rule7. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Prior
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2015
• EAN: 9780719099298
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9929-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous