Durham Report & British Policy: A Critical Essay - Couverture souple

Martin, Ged

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 052108282X ISBN 13 : 9780521082822

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

In 1838 the government in Britain sent the radical Lord Durham to Canada as Governor-General to deal with a colony in the aftermath of a rebellion.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1838 Lord Melbourne's Whig government in Britain sent the radical Lord Durham to Canada as Governor-General to deal with a colony in the aftermath of a rebellion. Durham's vanity and arrogance made him a poor choice for the post, and he resigned a few months later after the government had been forced to overrule him for exceeding his powers. After his return to Britain he wrote his Report on the Affairs of British North America - and its unauthorized publication in the Times caused a sensation. This report - the famous 'Durham Report' - has been seen as the starting point of the British tradition of colonial self-rule leading through the Statute of Westminster of 1931 to the independent self-governing Commonwealth of today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 052108282X
• ISBN 13: 9780521082822
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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