1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456526803321

Autore

Messamore Barbara Jane <1959->

Titolo

Canada's governors general, 1847-1878 : biography and constitutional evolution / / Barbara J. Messamore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-281-99183-X

9786611991838

1-4426-7172-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

971.04/0922

Soggetti

Governors general - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government 1841-1867

Canada Politics and government 1867-1914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Biography and Constitutional Evolution -- 2. 'Governor-Generalities ' -- 3. Mary Lambton's Husband -- 4. The 'Great Experiment': Elgin, Grey, and Responsible Government -- 5. A Round Man in a Square Hole: Sir Edmund Head in the United Canadas -- 6. 'A Cat into Hell without Claws': Monck and His Ministries, 1861-1864 -- 7 'An Indolent Individual'?: Lord Lisgar and Canadian Diplomacy -- 8. 'A Matter of Instinct': Lord Dufferin and the Pacific Scandal -- 9. Character, Context, and the Constitution: Dufferin, Edward Blake, and the Role of the Governor General -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Oft-ignored in the study of Canadian history or dismissed as a vestige of colonial status, the governor general?s office provides essential historical insight into Canada?s constitutional evolution. In the nineteenth century, as today, individual governors general exercised considerable scope in interpreting their approach to the office. The era



1847?1878 witnessed profound changes in Canada?s relationship with Britain, and in this new book, Barbara J. Messamore explores the nature of these changes through an examination of the role of the governor general.Guided by outmoded instructions and constitutional conventions that were not yet firmly established, the governors general of the time ? Lord Elgin, Sir Edmund Head, Lord Monck, Lord Lisgar, and Lord Dufferin ? all wrestled with the implications of colonial self government. The imprecision of the viceregal role made the character of the appointee especially important and biographical details are thus essential to an understanding of how the new experiment of colonial self-government was put into practice. Messamore?s book marries constitutional history and biography, providing illumination on some of the key figures of nineteenth-century Canadian politics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001289779707536

Autore

Bolliat, Guy

Titolo

Recent mathematical methods in nonlinear wave propagation : lectures given at the 1st Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.), held in Montecatini Terme, Italy, May 23-31, 1994 / G. Bolliat ... [et al.] ; editor T. Ruggeri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, c1996

ISBN

3540619070

Descrizione fisica

142 p. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1640

Classificazione

AMS 35L05

Altri autori (Persone)

Ruggeri, Tommaso

Disciplina

515.353

Soggetti

Wave equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia