In this unique collection of writings culled from the Corona Club Bulletin, we see the governor in council and the DO in the field and a myriad of professional officers--agricultural, educational, medical, veterinary, engineering, nursing--at work. The contributions range from the political, constitutional, and the ""daily round"" of administration and service, to personal, family, sporting and service life. The writings, chosen and edited by Anthony Kirk-Greene, a distinguished historian of Empire who also served in the ...
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In this unique collection of writings culled from the Corona Club Bulletin, we see the governor in council and the DO in the field and a myriad of professional officers--agricultural, educational, medical, veterinary, engineering, nursing--at work. The contributions range from the political, constitutional, and the ""daily round"" of administration and service, to personal, family, sporting and service life. The writings, chosen and edited by Anthony Kirk-Greene, a distinguished historian of Empire who also served in the Nigerian Service, give vivid insight into a unique and vanished lifestyle.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. xxvi + 302pp, 16 photos, numerous in-text drawings. An anthology culled from 'Corona', the Journal of the Colonial Service, by the foremost authority on the Colonial Service, Anthony Kirk-Greene. "...will be enjoyed and valued by veterans of the service, historians of empire and general readers seeking to discover who ran the colonies" (Prof. A.J. Stockwell)