John E. Flint/Frederick Lugard: The Making of an Autocrat (1858-1943)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages John E. Flint Frederick Lugard: The Making of an Autocrat (1858-1943) In their political, constitutional, and legal history the British have rightly been characterized as...
African Proconsuls/Contents
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Contents Contributors Preface Introduction France William B. Cohen. The French Governors The Development of the Office The Powers of the Governor Recruitment Patronage The Personality of the...
Robert Delavignette: The Gentle Ruler (1897-1976)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages William B. Cohen Robert Delavignette: The Gentle Ruler (1897-1976) Georges Balandier, the great French sociologist, characterized Robert Delavignette as “a solid and obstinate liberal.” The...
Harry A. Gailey/Sir Hugh Clifford (1856-1941)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Harry A. Gailey Sir Hugh Clifford (1856-1941) Hugh Clifford was one of the most unusal colonial governors in British history. He was distinguished as a...
Leland C. Barrows/Louis-Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Leland C. Barrows Louis-Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889) Louis Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889) is classed along with Bugeaud, Gallieni, and Lyautey as one of the outstanding architects...
Sir Robert Coryndon: A Model Governor
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Peter Duignan Sir Robert Coryndon: A Model Governor (1870-1925) Thorne Coryndon was one of the great representatives of British colonialism in Africa. He was born...
Bruce Fetter/Martin Rutten (1876-1944)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Bruce Fetter Martin Rutten (1876-1944) ...
William B. Cohen/The French Governors
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages William B. Cohen The French Governors French colonization in the New World began in the seventeenth century under the ancien régime. In establishing their overseas...
Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916)
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 1978. 548 pages Virgil L. Matthew, Jr. Marshal Gallieni's long and varied career was primarily that of an empire builder in the late nineteenth and the early...
Anthony H. M. Kirk-Greene/On Governorship and Governors in British Africa
African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa. L.H. Gann & Peter Duignan, eds. New York/London/Stanford. The Free Press/Collier Macmillan Publishers & Hoover Institution. 548 pages Anthony H. M. Kirk-Greene On Governorship and Governors in British Africa Among the tributes to his governorship of Tanganyika (1925-1931), one that pleased Sir Donald Cameron...