Brief authority : a memoir of colonial administration in Tanganyika / Charles Meek ; edited by Innes Meek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meek, Charles Innes, 1920-1999.

Contributor:

Meek, Innes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonial administrators--Tanzania--Biography.

Colonial administrators.

Tanzania.

Tanzania--History--1890-1918.

Meek, Charles Innes, 1920-1999.

Meek, Charles Innes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Radcliffe Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Charles Innes Meek's account of his twenty years in Tanganyika - now Tanzania - goes to the heart of British colonial rule at the end of empire. Arriving in the former German colony during the dark days of World War II, Meek describes the challenges of living in a remote colony in war-time and of life among a remarkable cast of frontier characters and colleagues. By the late 1940's, however, the drive towards nationalism had gained pace. There were experiments with forms of indirect rule with local tribal leaders but all was suddenly overtaken by the momentum of the independence movement and in

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: Cheap, Efficient and Just; 1. Prologue; 2. Lindi; 3. Shinyanga; 4. Maswa; 5. Elephant; 6. Arusha; 7. Monduli; 8. Mbulu; 9. Domestic Matters; 10. Mbulu and the Road Out; 11. Postscript; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857719614

0857719610

OCLC:

772844775