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Autore |
Youe Christopher P |
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Titolo |
Robert Thorne Coryndon [[electronic resource] ] : Proconsular Imperialism in Southern and Eastern Africa, 1897-1925 / / Christopher P. Youe |
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Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1986 |
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ISBN |
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1-55458-622-4 |
1-282-23322-X |
9786613810960 |
0-88920-548-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Africa / South / General |
Electronic books. |
Afrique australe Politique et gouvernement |
Afrique orientale Politique et gouvernement |
Africa, East Politics and government |
Africa, Southern Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Outdoorsman, 1870-97; TWO: Barotseland, 1897-1907; THREE: Dividing the Land: Swaziland, 1907-15; FOUR: Dividing the Land: The Rhodesian Reserves Commission, 1914-15; FIVE: Interlude: Basutoland, 1916-17; SIX: East African Governorships: Uganda, 1917-22; SEVEN: East African Governorships: Kenya, 1922-25; EIGHT: Conclusion: The Imperialism of Proconsular Rule; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Robert Coryndon was born in 1870 in Queenstown, Cape Colony, the son of an English immigrant father and a mother belonging to a distinguished Cape family. Despite the fact that a mere three years of his education were received back "Home" in England, this most able "Colonial" served twenty-eight years as the top-ranking administrator |
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of African dependencies, "a career unmatched by any other English governor." His proconsular rule began with his establishment of a colonial regime in Barotseland 1897-1907, and ended with his governorship of Kenya from 1922 until his death in 1925. While in Kenya |
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