Symbol of Authority —— The British District Officer In Africa

----- 权威的象征：英国驻非洲地区官员

ISBN: 9781350176164 出版年：2005 页码：356 Anthony Kirk-Greene Bloomsbury Publishing

The district officer (DO) was the pivot of the British Colonial Administration throughout the British Empire, as was his counterpart in India. The DO was both administrator and magistrate; he was also the essential link with the professional and technical services and with the indigenous population - the 600 million people they served - in an empire of service rather than domination. In this book, Anthony Kirk-Greene, who was himself a distinguished member of the Nigeria Service, draws upon personal memoirs, diaries, private and official papers, and his own experience, to paint a vivid picture of the service and a never-to-be-repeated episode in British history.