My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guinea Colonial Police, 1920-1960

by August Ibrum K. Kituai

Despite the heated competition for colonial possessions in Papua New Guinea during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the personnel required to run an effective administration were scarce. As a result, the Australian colonial regime opted for a quick solution: it engaged Papua New Guineans--often to perform the most hazardous and most unpopular responsibilities. Based on extensive interviews with former policemen, written records of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824817478
• ISBN13: 9780824817473
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.4"