| Governers and Settlers 1992 Edition Contributor(s): Francis, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333539044 ISBN-13: 9780333539040 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Asia - General - Political Science | Imperialism |
| Dewey: 325.3 |
| LCCN: 92155946 |
| Series: Cambridge Commonwealth |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.31 lbs) 331 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In nineteenth-century settler colonies such as Upper Canada, New South Wales and New Zealand, governors not only administered, they stood at the head of colonial society and ordered the festivities and ceremonies around which colonial life centred. Governors were expected to be repositories of political wisdom and constitutional lore. Governors and Settlers explores the public and private beliefs of governors such as Sir Thomas Brisbane, Sir John Colborne, Sir George Grey and Lord Elgin as they struggled to survive in colonial cultures which both deified and vilified their personal qualities. |