Realizing Greater Britain: The South African Constabulary and the Imperial Imposition of the Modern State, 1900-1914

ISBN-13: 9781788747042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 382 str.

Scott Spencer

Opis

Combining traditional archival with innovative digital research, this book narrates global integration and imperial governance through individuals, from Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell and imperialist Alfred Milner to Canadian Mountie Sam Steele, and, foremost, thousands of SAC men.

Spis treści

Contents: Stampeding Across Borders, 1895-1899 - Securing the Empire-State - Planning Reconstruction, (Southern Hemisphere) Winter 1900 - Assembling a British-Imperial Constabulary, 1900-1901- Securing Winning Strategies, 1901-1902 - Fighting Frustrations, 1901-1902 - Establishing the New States, 1902-1903 - Managing the Colonies, 1903-1907 - Dispersing Across the World, 1902-1914 - Connecting Greater Britain, 1908-1950s

O autorze

Scott C. Spencer received his PhD in European history from the University of Virginia. His work focuses on modern Europe, the British Empire, state governance and bureaucracy, and has been published in several academic journals. Prior to graduate school, he worked in international fi nance and received degrees in international relations (MA) and history (BA) from Boston University and Boston College. Today he combines those backgrounds to teach economics and modern world history at a suburban Boston public high school. This book is his first.