The Colonial Empire and its Civil Service
Published on 29. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-107-47502-1 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the civil service in British colonies, as well as a review of the contemporary colonial service. Jeffries also details the financial organisation of colonial governments, as well as a summary of appointments to colonial posts from 1921 to 1936. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British colonial history.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-47502-1 (9781107475021)
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Person
Some say that they stand on the shoulders of those who came before, but I believe that now is the time for us to free them from all the burdens their shoulders have carried and stand proudly in their shadow and the magnificent image they have left for us to emulate.
Content
Introduction. The colonial empire; Part I. The Development of the Colonial Service; 2. Expansion in Africa; 3. The Great War and the period of reconstruction; 4. The problem of the scientific services; 5. The Warren Fisher committee; 6. The unification of the service; 7. Progress of the policy of unification; Part II. The Colonial Service To-Day: 8. General structure of the service; 9. Conditions of employment; 10. The colonial administrative service; 11. The colonial legal service; 12. The colonial medical service; 13. The colonial forest service, the colonial agricultural service and the colonial veterinary service; 14. Other unified branches of the colonial service; 15. Branches not as yet unified; 16. Governors; 17. The colonial office; 18. Retrospect and prospect; Appendices: I. The financial organisation of colonial governments; II. Summary of appointments in the years 1921 to 1936; III. Important dates in the history of the colonial service; IV. Note on books; V. List of governorships; Index.