The Colonial Service

A 1930 account on the administrative machinery of the Crown colonies, protectorates and mandated territories of the British Empire.

Anton Bertram (Author)

9781107600669, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2011

304 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.33 kg

Originally published in 1930, this is an account on general lines of the administrative machinery of the Crown colonies, protectorates and mandated territories of the British Empire. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in colonial history and colonial administration.

Preface
Notes: the Ceylon constitution, the East African report
1. General geographical review
2. The governor
3. The colonial secretary and the machinery of government
4. Direct and indirect rule
5. The organisation of law and justice
6. The courts
7. The legislature
8. Protectorates and protected states
9. Mandated territories
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]