Governors and settlers : images of authority in the British colonies, 1820-60 / Mark Francis
1992, First Edition. Basingstoke : Macmillan Press Ltd. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384400
ISBN: 0333539044
Physical description: (354 p.); 21cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-322) and index. Illustrated maps on lining pages. Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Plates and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Governors and Colonial Political Culture; 1 The Theoretical Structure of Authority: British and Colonial Constitutional Writers; 2 Ceremonies: The Visible Structure of Authority; 3 Brisbane and the Ideal of Personal Government; 4 Darling and Bourke; 5 Contemporary Reflections upon Personal Government; 6 The Hero in Upper Canada: Sir John Colborne; 7 The Dispute between Colborne and Mackenzie on the Nature of Politics; Plate Sections; 8 Public Ideas and Private Virtues in the Governorship of Sir George Gipps
9 Metcalfe and Images of Authority in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Canada10 A Triptych of New Zealand Governors: Fitzroy, Grey and Browne; 11 Elgin: The Governor as the Body Politic; Appendix: Biographical Notes on Governors; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Subjects: Bruce, James, 1811-1863, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine
1800-1899. Colonial administrators Great Britain. Rites and ceremonies Great Britain Colonies. Popular culture Great Britain Colonies.
Authority. Colonial administrators Great Britain. Rites and ceremonies Colonies Great Britain. Popular culture Colonies Great Britain.
Authority.
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