In this unique collection of writings culled from the Corona Club Bulletin, we see the governor in council and the DO in the field and a myriad of professional officers--agricultural, educational, medical, veterinary, engineering, nursing--at work. The contributions range from the political, constitutional, and the ""daily round"" of administration and service, to personal, family, sporting and service life. The writings, chosen and edited by Anthony Kirk-Greene, a distinguished historian of Empire who also served in the ...
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In this unique collection of writings culled from the Corona Club Bulletin, we see the governor in council and the DO in the field and a myriad of professional officers--agricultural, educational, medical, veterinary, engineering, nursing--at work. The contributions range from the political, constitutional, and the ""daily round"" of administration and service, to personal, family, sporting and service life. The writings, chosen and edited by Anthony Kirk-Greene, a distinguished historian of Empire who also served in the Nigerian Service, give vivid insight into a unique and vanished lifestyle.
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Add this copy of Glimpses of Empire: a Corona Anthology (Radcliffe Press to cart. $8.28, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by I.B. Tauris.
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27+302 pages, list of authors, illustrations: the Introduction outlines the work of the Colonial Service, world-wide, followed by an anthology from CORONA highlighting the workings of the British imperial world in its final decades (the Administrative Officer, the Departmental Officer, Special Duty, a Woman's viewpoint, between the wars); hardback vFINE FINE dw, SIGNED presentation copy from Kirk-Greene to Terence Gavaghan UNIQUE.
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