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My gun, my brother : the world of the Papua New Guinea colonial police, 1920-1960 /
Despite the heated competition for colonial possessions in Papua New Guinea during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the personnel required to run an effective administration were scarce. As a result, the Australian colonial regime opted for a quick solution: it engaged Papua New Guinean...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Pacific islands monograph series ;
no. 15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Despite the heated competition for colonial possessions in Papua New Guinea during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the personnel required to run an effective administration were scarce. As a result, the Australian colonial regime opted for a quick solution: it engaged Papua New Guineans--often to perform the most hazardous and most unpopular responsibilities. Based on extensive interviews with former policemen, written records of the time, and reminiscences of colonial officials, this book links events involving police, villagers, and government officers (kiaps) over a forty-year period to wider issues in the colonial history of Papua New Guinea and, by extension, of the Pacific Islands and beyond. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-403) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585373221 9780585373225 9780824863692 0824863690 |