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Governors and Settlers

Images of Authority in the British Colonies, 1820-60

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Mark Francis

    1. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Commonwealth Series (CAMCOM)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Governors and Colonial Political Culture

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Theoretical Structure of Authority: British and Colonial Constitutional Writers

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 11-29

  4. Ceremonies: The Visible Structure of Authority

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 30-70

  5. Brisbane and the Ideal of Personal Government

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 71-82

  6. Darling and Bourke

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 83-97

  7. Contemporary Reflections upon Personal Government

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 98-112

  8. The Hero in Upper Canada: Sir John Colborne

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 113-136

  9. The Dispute Between Colborne and Mackenzie on the Nature of Politics

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 137-155

  10. Public Ideas and Private Virtues in the Governorship of Sir George Gipps

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 156-185

  11. Metcalfe and Images of Authority in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Canada

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 186-212

  12. A Triptych of New Zealand Governors: Fitzroy, Grey and Browne

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 213-237

  13. Elgin: The Governor as the Body Politic

    • Mark Francis
    Pages 238-258

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 259-331
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Mark Francis

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MARK FRANCIS

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Governors and Settlers

  • Book Subtitle: Images of Authority in the British Colonies, 1820-60

  • Authors: Mark Francis

  • Series Title: Cambridge Commonwealth Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375703

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-53904-0Published: 03 March 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37570-3Published: 03 March 1992

  • Series ISSN: 2947-0331

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 331

  • Topics: Asian History, Imperialism and Colonialism

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