Cambridge Commonwealth Series: Images of Authority in the British Colonies, 1820-60

Francis, M.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1992-03-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333539040

DOI: 10.1057/9780230375703

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 331