This anthology provides an insight into the work of the Colonial and Overseas Service in the last days of the British Empire. From the colonial office and government house to the district administration, we see the service in all its complexity faced with growing demands for self-government fired by nationalism and the work of professional and technical departments.
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This anthology provides an insight into the work of the Colonial and Overseas Service in the last days of the British Empire. From the colonial office and government house to the district administration, we see the service in all its complexity faced with growing demands for self-government fired by nationalism and the work of professional and technical departments.
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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)
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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.