Yesterday's Rulers: The Making of the British Colonial Service - Hardcover

Heussler, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815600291 ISBN 13: 9780815600299

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1963

Synopsis

It is Mr. Heussler's thesis that the min in the colonies, rather than official policy, made British colonialism what it was. The book traces the colonial administrative service from the time when Africa as : the white man's grave" to the years after World War II when the need for special, formal training had become urgent and recommendations for reform were put into effect. But by the time cadets trained in the "new spirit" arrived in their posts, Kwame Nkrumah had already raised the banner of independence, and the effect of the old spirit-elitist, paternalistic, authoritarian-was put to the test in a disturbed sociopolitical atmosphere.

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About the Author

Robert Heussler, a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, during 1962, has taught political science at the University of Vermont, Princeton University, and the Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he was executive director of the Africa-Asia Public Service Fellowship Program. He has been a Standard Oil Company executive in China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, as well as overseas representative for Lowell Thomas. His work and his World War II service as a bomber pilot have taken him to over a hundred countries on all continents. He was an official of the Ford Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0815600291
• ISBN 13: 9780815600299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288