{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-paul-moon-9781350116641","title":"The Rise and Fall of James Busby: His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand","description":"One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOfficially the man on the ground for the British government in the volatile society of New Zealand in the 1830s, Busby endeavoured to create his own parliament and act independently of his superiors in London. This put him on a collision course with the British Government, and ultimately destroyed his career. With a reputation as an inept, conceited and increasingly embittered person, this caricature of Busby's character has slipped into the historical bloodstream where it remains to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book draws on an extensive range of previously-unused archival records to reconstruct Busby's life in much more intimate form, and exposes the back-room plotting that ultimately destroyed his plans for New Zealand. It will alter the way that Britain's colonisation of New Zealand is understood, and will leave readers with an appreciation of how individuals, more than policies, shaped the Empire and its rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350116645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350116641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Paul Moon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425197113599,"sku":"9781350116641","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5042390-0e37-4075-b8fb-c5802e64aedf.jpg?v=1761537677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-paul-moon-9781350116641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}