Symbol of Authority

Anthony Kirk-Greene was Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, and was the author of Glimpses of Empire: a Corona Anthology (I.B.Tauris).

List of Illustrations – vi
Foreword by J.H. Smith, CBE – vii
Abbreviations – xi
Introduction – xv

Part I. Stepping Stones
1. The Colonial Administrative Service: Chronology and Context – 1
2. Towards a Colonial Service Career – 15
3. Training for the Colonial Service – 42
Part II. The Heart of the Matter
4. First Tour – 60
5. The Day’s Work: In Station – 94
6. The Day’s Work: On Tour – 124
7. The Day’s Work: The Secretariat – 143
8. After the Day’s Work – 164
9. Through Female Eyes – 180
Part III. All Change
10. The District Officer and Decolonization – 207
11. Looking Back: The Image and the Memory of the DO – 231
Notes – 270
Bibliography – 305