Police Power and Colonial Rule: Madras, 1859-1947 (Second Revised Edition)

by David Arnold

Police Power and Colonial Rule analyses the increasing deployment and growing authority of the police in the Madras Presidency of British India, demonstrating the centrality of policing to the colonial regime and its legacies. Beginning with the formation of a colonial constabulary in 1859, the book examines the evolving organization and structure of the force, its racial hierarchies, and response to rapidly changing political and social conditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9361777998
• ISBN13: 9789361777998
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"