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Book Synopsis
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. -- .

Table of Contents

General Editor’s introduction
Introduction
1. The construction of a governing corps
2. An imperial education
3. Individualism, intrigue and esprit de corps
4. Envisioning imperial authority: Power, ritual and knowledge
5. Implementing colonial change: Economics, infrastructure and education
6. Managing social and political change: Tradition, modernity and indirect rule
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719083686, 978-0719083686
      ISBN10: 0719083680

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. -- .

      Table of Contents

      General Editor’s introduction
      Introduction
      1. The construction of a governing corps
      2. An imperial education
      3. Individualism, intrigue and esprit de corps
      4. Envisioning imperial authority: Power, ritual and knowledge
      5. Implementing colonial change: Economics, infrastructure and education
      6. Managing social and political change: Tradition, modernity and indirect rule
      7. Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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