| Description |
1 online resource (327 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Somaliland and Somalis; 2 Administration 1920-1938: 'Combining efficiency with cheapness'; 3 Development 1920-1938; 4 Fiasco 1938-1941; 5 Military Administration 1941-1948; 6 Development 1941-1948; 7 Administration 1948-1960; 8 Development 1948-1960; 9 Constitutional development 1952-1960; 10 After the end; Conclusion; Appendix A Map of the Somaliland Protectorate; Appendix B Modern Map of Somalia Indicating Tribal Ranges; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
British Somaliland provides a history of the administration of the British Somaliland Protectorate from the time when Somaliland first became governable, following the defeat of Abdullah Hassan, to independence. Describing the interplay between general imperial policies, and greater realities and developments in Somaliland, the focus of the book remains on the mechanism by which the Protectorate was operated. The regime that developed was, in the end, a highly autocratic despotism, generally benign but occasionally predatory. Independence, when it arrived, was, in retrospect, a trage |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
British colonies
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Colonies -- Administration
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
British Somaliland -- History -- 20th century
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British Somaliland -- Politics and government
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
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| Subject |
Africa
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Somalia -- British Somaliland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317975434 |
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131797543X |
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