Governers and Settlers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333539040)

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.

Author: M. Francis
ISBN-10: 0333539044
ISBN-13: 9780333539040
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/03/1992
Pages: 331
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d