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The rise and fall of James Busby : His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand
- Title
- The rise and fall of James Busby : His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand / Paul Moon.
- Author
- Moon, Paul
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- x, 350 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840. 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"--
- Subject
- Busby, James, 1801-1871
- Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6)
- Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand (1835)
- 1800-1899
- Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography
- Colonial administrators > New Zealand > Biography
- Diplomats > Great Britain > Biography
- Māori (New Zealand people) > Government relations > 19th century
- Colonial administrators
- Diplomats
- Māori (New Zealand people) > Government relations
- Politics and government
- New Zealand > Politics and government > 19th century
- Great Britain
- New Zealand
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Ambitions of the Father -- The Tenacity of the Son -- 'I Am To Take Charge' -- Cardinal Virtues -- Convergence -- Landed -- Trouble at Home -- Independence -- Visitors and Schemers -- The Rattlesnake -- 'Your functions will cease' -- 'Satan Rules' -- The Ink-Blotter -- Colossal -- Everlasting.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-3477
- ISBN
- 9781350116641
- 1350116645
- 9781350116658
- 1350116653
- LCCN
- 2020019738
- OCLC
- 1137858152
- Author
- Moon, Paul, author.
- Title
- The rise and fall of James Busby : His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand / Paul Moon.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Moon, Paul. Rise and fall of James Busby London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 9781350116665 (DLC) 2020019739
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-3477