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Robert Thorne Coryndon : Proconsular imperialism in Southern and Eastern Africa, 1897-1925 / Christopher P. Youe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Youé, Christopher P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coryndon, Robert Thorne, Sir, 1870-1925.
- Coryndon, Robert Thorne.
- Colonial administrators--Africa, Southern--Biography.
- Colonial administrators.
- Colonial administrators--Africa, East--Biography.
- Colonial administrators--Great Britain--Biography.
- Africa, Southern--Politics and government.
- Africa, Southern.
- Africa, East--Politics and government.
- Africa, East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613810960
- 9781554586226
- 1554586224
- 9781282233225
- 128223322X
- 9780889205482
- 0889205485
- OCLC:
- 753480106
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