Policing the Empire: Government, Authority, and Control, 1830-1940

by David Killingray and David Anderson

From the Victorian period to the present, images of the policeman have played a prominent role in the literature of empire, shaping popular perceptions of colonial policing. This book covers and compares the different ways and means that were employed in policing policies from 1830 to 1940. Countries covered range from Ireland, Australia, Africa and India to New Zealand and the Caribbean. As patterns of authority, of accountability and of consent,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719030358
• ISBN13: 9780719030352
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 260 Pages