Symbol of Authority: The British District Officer in Africa

Symbol of Authority

The British District Officer in Africa
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Number of Volumes: Paperback
 
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ISBN13:9781350176164
ISBN10:1350176168
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:360 pages
Size:216x138 mm
Weight:413 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 8 integrated b/w plates
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In this book, Anthony Kirk-Greene, who served as a district officer in Nigeria for over a decade, draws upon personal memoirs, diaries, private and official papers, and his own experience, to paint a vivid picture of the service from his perspective. Symbol of Authority explores the socio-educational status of district officers, their recruitment and training, and what they did in both their work and leisure.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations - vi
Foreword by J.H. Smith, CBE - vii
Abbreviations - xi
Introduction - xv

Part I. Stepping Stones
1. The Colonial Administrative Service: Chronology and Context - 1
2. Towards a Colonial Service Career - 15
3. Training for the Colonial Service - 42
Part II. The Heart of the Matter
4. First Tour - 60
5. The Day's Work: In Station - 94
6. The Day's Work: On Tour - 124
7. The Day's Work: The Secretariat - 143
8. After the Day's Work - 164
9. Through Female Eyes - 180
Part III. All Change
10. The District Officer and Decolonization - 207
11. Looking Back: The Image and the Memory of the DO - 231
Notes - 270
Bibliography - 305