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At the End of the Line: Colonial Policing and the Imperial Endgame 1945-80
Hardback
Main Details
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At the End of the Line: Colonial Policing and the Imperial Endgame 1945-80
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Georgina Sinclair
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Series | Studies in Imperialism |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:264 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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Category/Genre | British and Irish History |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719071386
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Classifications | Dewey:941.085 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Undergraduate | |
Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white|Tables
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
30 November 2006 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Colonial policing and the imperial endgame is the first comprehensive study of the colonial police and their complex role within Britain's long and turbulent process of decolonisation, a time characterised by political upheaval and colonial conflict. The Colonial Police Service was created in 1936 in order to standardise all imperial police forc
Author Biography
Georgina Sinclair is Lecturer in Decolonisation in the School of History at the University of Leeds -- .
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