Humphrey Gibbs, Beleagured Governor Southern Rhodesia, 1929-1969

Name: Humphrey Gibbs, Beleagured Governor Southern Rhodesia, 1929-1969
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ISBN: 9780312212094

ISBN-10: 0312212097

ISBN-13: 9780312212094

Edition: N/A

Authors: Alan J. Megahey

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Book details

List price: $79.95
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Plates


Introduction


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgements


A Note on Place-names


Map of Places Mentioned in the Text


Chronology


The Early Years


Family Background


Boyhood


The Student


Into Africa


Empire Settlement


South African Diary


Rhodesian Diary


Rhodesia in 1929


Farming in Peace and War


Beginning to Farm


The Second World War


Farming Politics


Helping the Church


Politics and Federation


Parliament


Federation


'Legitimate to Hope'


Southern Rhodesia in the Late 1950s


Personal Matters


'Establishment' Values


Lost Chance?


The Colony in Early 1959


First Year as Governor


A Governor's Life


Royalty in Rhodesia


Africa Year 1960


The End of Federation


Protest and Discontent


A New Constitution


The Election of December 1962


Federation Ended


Prelude to UDI


The Governor


The Fall of Field


New Governments in London and Salisbury


Last Months of Legality


The Unilateral Declaration of Independence


Collision Course


Eleven Days in November


Beleaguered Governor


Tensions and Talks


Under Siege


Talks about Talks


The Tiger Talks


A Long Haul


The Climate of Opinion


The 'Reluctant Right-winger'


More Talks about Talks


A State of Uncertainty


Legal Uncertainties


Political Uncertainties


Knight in the Cold


Near the End of the Road


Long Incarceration


The Referendum


Aftermath


Retirement at Bonisa


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index