The Rise and Fall of James Busby
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-11665-8 (ISBN)
Officially 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.
This 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.
Paul Moon is Professor of History and Head of the School of History at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Among his twenty-five published books are This Horrid Practice: The Myth and Reality of Traditional Maori Cannibalism, A History of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century, a trilogy of volumes on the Tuhoe tohunga (expert) Hohepa Kereopa, as well as biographies of Governors Hobson, FitzRoy, and the Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke, and Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Ernest Scott Australasian Prize in History.
Foreword
1. The Ambitions of the Father
2. The Tenacity of the Son
3. ‘I Am To Take Charge’
4. Destitute in London
5. Convergence
6. Landed
7. Trouble at Home
8. Independence
9. ‘Destroy Busby at All Costs’
10. A Career and Life in Tatters
11. Enemies with Everyone
12. An Embittered End
Epilogue
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.09.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 564 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-11665-3 / 1350116653 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-11665-8 / 9781350116658 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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