At the End of the Line: Colonial Policing and the Imperial Endgame 1945-80

Hardback

Main Details

Title At the End of the Line: Colonial Policing and the Imperial Endgame 1945-80
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Georgina Sinclair
SeriesStudies in Imperialism
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780719071386
ClassificationsDewey:941.085
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white|Tables

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 November 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

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 -- .