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Colonial Civil Service (Classic Reprint): The Selection and Training of Colonial Officials in England, Holland, and France: The Selection and Training ... Holland, and France (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Lowell, A. Lawrence

 
9781331583684: Colonial Civil Service (Classic Reprint): The Selection and Training of Colonial Officials in England, Holland, and France: The Selection and Training ... Holland, and France (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

How colonial officials were found and trained

Learn how three European powers built their tropical administrations, from recruiting methods to schooling and examinations, across England, Holland, France, and the United States.

This clear, documentary study traces the rise and fall of different systems for selecting and training colonial officials. It explains why home-style open competition worked well in some places and why colonies required specialized colleges and exams to prepare leaders who could govern diverse native populations. The book combines historical narrative with careful discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, offering a grounded view of how imperial governance evolved.
What you’ll gain
  • A broad overview of recruitment, training, and examination methods used in major colonial empires
  • An examination of how attitudes toward merit, age, and instruction shaped each system
  • A historical comparison of Haileybury, Delft, Saigon, and other training centers
  • Insights into the long-term effects of different selection processes on colonial administration
Ideal for readers of imperial history, administrative history, and schooling for public service, who want a concise, evidence-based look at how colonial officials were chosen and formed.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from Colonial Civil Service: The Selection and Training of Colonial Officials in England, Holland, and France

All thinking men are united in the Opinion that the United States ought to establish in the Philip pines a civil service which Shall be thoroughly effi cient and free from political pressure of every kind, and hence it appears worth while to see what light can be derived from the experience of other nations. A radical change in the British system has been made since the excellent work of the late Dorman B. Eaton on the English civil service was published; and there is no book in our own language, and none containing the latest information in any other, upon the methods of recruiting officials for the colonies of Holland and France. For this reason the fol lowing pages on the Selection and Training of Colo nial Officials in those three countries were originally prepared at the request of the American Historical Association, and a summary of the results was pre sented at the meeting of the Association at Boston on December 27, last.

In writing a report of this kind it is important to include, as far as possible, everything that a student of the subject might desire to find, and hence the following chapters must comprise a great deal of detail that is unnecessary for the general reader.

In order, therefore, to save the latter from wasting his time on what does not interest him, the chapters have been subdivided into short sections with sepa rate titles. This, it is hoped, will enable any one to find rapidly any special points in which he may be interested.

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