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

by Richard J. Finlay (Other), Paul Ward (Other), Scott C. Spencer (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.