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ISBN10: 1877372250, ISBN13: 9781877372254, [publisher: Otago University Press] Hardcover First Edition The Governors. New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General. By Gavin McLean. HARDBACK with jacket. Nearly as new. Minor shelf/edge wear 424 pages Published by Otago University Press, 2006 ISBN: 1877372250 b/w & colour illustrations 20 x 26.5 centimetres (1.20 kg) Table of Contents Part I: Soldiers and Engineers of Empire (1840-89); Part II: Vice-Regal Ceremonial (1860s-1970s); Part III: Holiday Jobs or Outdoor Relief for the Aristocracy? (1889-1920); Part IV: A New Imperial System (1917-31); Part V: Whisky and Soda Warriors (1920-72); Part VI: Home-Grown (1972-); Index. Grey, Jervois, Fergusson, Bledisloe - their names adorn buildings, streets, entire towns, even hills and rivers. But little has been written about the occupants of Government House. The Governors tracks the evolution of an office that says much about New Zealand's constitutional journey. In Crown colony days, governors ruled personally; with responsible government came uneasy adjustment and, from the late 1880s, a new breed of aristocratic governors who presided ceremonially. Since 1972, all governors-general have been New Zealand residents, two have been female and more recently the office has acquired a new international dimension. With the job came ceremonial and community roles, which governors performed according to their differing personalities. You will meet the governor who ...
ISBN10: 1877372250, ISBN13: 9781877372254, [publisher: Otago University Press] Hardcover Secondhand.Grey, Jervois, Fergusson, Bledisloe - their names adorn buildings, streets, entire towns, even hills and rivers. But little has been written about the occupants of Government House. The Governors tracks the evolution of an office that says much about New Zealand's constitutional journey. In Crown colony days, governors ruled personally; with responsible government came uneasy adjustment and, from the late 1880s, a new breed of aristocratic governors who presided ceremonially. Since 1972, all governors-general have been New Zealand residents, two have been female and more recently the office has acquired a new international dimension. With the job came ceremonial and community roles, which governors performed according to their differing personalities. You will meet the governor who complained about being 'highly paid, well housed and well fed, for performing the functions of a stamp' and another, all monocle, medals and plumed helmet, who spoke Maori. First published 2006; reprinted 2007 with minor corrections and updates. [Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2006]
Dunedin: Otago University Press. Very Good. 200 x 265 x 34.04mm. Hardcover. Date: 2006. 424 pages.<br>Grey, Jervois, Fergusson, Bledisloe -- their names adorn New Zealand buildings, streets, entire towns, even hills an d rivers. But little has been written about the occupants of Gove rnment House. The Governors tracks the evolution of an office tha t says much about New Zealand's constitutional journey. In Crown colony ... . 2006. Otago University Press ISBN 1877372250 9781877372254 [NZ]
ISBN10: 1877372250, ISBN13: 9781877372254, [publisher: Otago University Press, Dunedin] Hardcover 424 pages.Grey, Jervois, Fergusson, Bledisloe -- their names adorn New Zealand buildings, streets, entire towns, even hills an d rivers. But little has been written about the occupants of Gove rnment House. The Governors tracks the evolution of an office tha t says much about New Zealand's constitutional journey. In Crown colony days, governors ruled personally; with responsible governm ent came uneasy adjustment and, from the late 1880s, a new breed of aristocratic governors who presided ceremonially. Since 1972, all governors-general have been New Zealand residents, two have b een female and more recently the office has acquired a new intern ational dimension. With the job came ceremonial and community rol es, which governors performed according to their differing person alities. You will meet the governor who complained about being 'h ighly paid, well housed and well fed, for performing the function s of a stamp' and another, all monocle, medals and plumed helmet, who spoke Maori. [Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2006]
Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, Date: 2006. Usual library marks and wear plus rear endpaper split exposing webbing. 424 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. 2006. University of Otago Press ISBN 1877372250 9781877372254 [AU]
Dunedin: Otago University Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover and jacket. Some light marks on page block face. Very good condition. TA. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. 2006. Otago University Press ISBN 1877372250 9781877372254 [GB]
ISBN10: 1877372250, ISBN13: 9781877372254, [publisher: Otago University Press, Dunedin] Hardcover Hardcover and jacket. Some light marks on page block face. Very good condition. TA [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 1877372250, ISBN13: 9781877372254, [publisher: Otago University Press, Dunedin] Hardcover Hardcover and jacket. Some light marks on page block face. Very good condition. TA [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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