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Humphrey Gibbs, beleaguered Governor : Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69 / Alan Megahey ; introduction by R.G. Mugabe ; foreword by Robert Blake.
Van Pelt Library DT2975.G53 M44 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Megahey, Alan J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbs, Humphrey, Sir, 1902-1990.
- Gibbs, Humphrey.
- Zimbabwe--History--1890-1965.
- Zimbabwe.
- History.
- Zimbabwe--History--1965-1980.
- Governors--Zimbabwe--Biography.
- Governors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- This book is a biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, an upper-class Englishman who settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchmen, and MP, and eventually Governor of the country. In 1964 the Rhodesian Front declared Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), but he remained at his post in Government House for a further five years, and was a conduit for negotiation between the British Government and the regime.
- Contents:
- Map of Places Mentioned in the Text xx
- 1 The Early Years
- Family Background 1
- Boyhood 4
- The Student 7
- 2 Into Africa
- Empire Settlement 12
- South African Diary 15
- Rhodesian Diary 18
- Rhodesia in 1929 19
- 3 Farming in Peace and War
- Beginning to Farm 23
- The Second World War 26
- Farming Politics 28
- Helping the Church 32
- 4 Politics and Federation
- Parliament 37
- Federation 40
- 'Legitimate to Hope' 44
- 5 Southern Rhodesia in the Late 1950s
- Personal Matters 47
- 'Establishment' Values 50
- Lost Chance? 53
- The Colony in Early 1959 57
- 6 First Year as Governor
- A Governor's Life 61
- Royalty in Rhodesia 64
- Africa Year 1960 67
- 7 The End of Federation
- Protest and Discontent 72
- A New Constitution 75
- The Election of December 1962 79
- Federation Ended 81
- 8 Prelude to UDI
- The Governor 85
- The Fall of Field 88
- New Governments in London and Salisbury 91
- Last Months of Legality 93
- 9 The Unilateral Declaration of Independence
- Collision Course 98
- Eleven Days in November 106
- Beleaguered Governor 111
- 10 Tensions and Talks
- Under Siege 115
- Talks about Talks 120
- The Tiger Talks 128
- 11 A Long Haul
- The Climate of Opinion 132
- The 'Reluctant Right-winger' 137
- More Talks about Talks 140
- 12 A State of Uncertainty
- Legal Uncertainties 145
- Political Uncertainties 151
- Knight in the Cold 155
- 13 Near the End of the Road
- Long Incarceration 160
- The Referendum 164
- Aftermath 169
- 14 Retirement at Bonisa 174.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312212097
- OCLC:
- 37663286
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