Policing the empire: government, authority and control, 1830-1940

This important collection of essays breaks new ground in looking at the major role played by the colonial police forces in establishing and maintaining imperial authority.Policing the Empire highlights the centrality of the maintenance of law and order to the authority of the British Empire. A unifo...

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Other Authors: Anderson, David 1957- (Editor), Killingray, David 1939- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Manchester] [Manchester University Press] 01 Mar 2017
Series:Studies in imperialism
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Online Access:DE-188
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Summary:This important collection of essays breaks new ground in looking at the major role played by the colonial police forces in establishing and maintaining imperial authority.Policing the Empire highlights the centrality of the maintenance of law and order to the authority of the British Empire. A uniformed and disciplined body of paramilitary police, charged with imposing alien law and establishing and extending new measures of social control was one of the first bodies set up by colonial rulers. Nor did this significant role diminish after the initial establishment of imperial government. The structure, manning and role of police forces had an enduring influence on the conduct of colonial rule, from Ireland to India, and Australia to West Africa. The contributors also show how the experience of early colonial forces in India and the colonies of white settlement substantially shaped the development of police forces in the later colonies of Asia and Africa
Item Description:Auf der Landingpage (Manchester Hive): "Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2017"
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 260 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781526123695
DOI:10.7765/9781526123695

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