| Description |
ix, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge Commonwealth series |
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Cambridge Commonwealth series.
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| Contents |
Governors and colonial political culture--The theoretical structure of authority: British and colonial constitutional writers--Ceremonies: the visible structure of authority--Brisbane and the ideal of personal government--Darling and Bourke--Contemporary reflections upon personal government--The hero in Upper Canada: Sir John Colborne--The dispute between Colborne and Mackenzie on the nature of politics--Public ideas and private virtues in the governorship of Sir George Gipps--Metcalfe and images of authority in mid-nineteenth-century Canada--A triptych of New Zealand governors: Fitroy, Grey and Browne--Elgin: the governor as the body politic |
| Analysis |
Commonwealth countries Colonial administration History |
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Commonwealth countries Colonial administration History |
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British colonies Colonial administration, history |
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Commonwealth countries Colonial administration History |
| Notes |
Author is a New Zealander |
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Maps on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-322) and indexes |
| Subject |
Browne, Thomas Gore, Sir, 1807-1887
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Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865.
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Grey, George, 1812-1898.
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Governors -- Biography.
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Governors -- Colonies -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Administration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056633 -- History -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012011
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100288
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| LC no. |
92155946 |
| ISBN |
0333539044 |
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