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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
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William B. Cohen. The French Governors
- The Development of the Office
- The Powers of the Governor
- Recruitment
- Patronage
- The Personality of the Governor
- Residencies, Rewards, and Emoluments
- Social Life
- Retirement
- A Balance Sheet
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Leland C. Barrows. Louis-Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889)
- Background, Education, and Early Military Career
- Algerian and Colonial Assignments
- Proconsul and Soldier in West Africa
- Administrative and Educational Innovator
- Commanding General of the Army of the North
- Public Offices
- The Scholar
- Conclusion
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Virgil L. Matthew, Jr.Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916)
- Early Life, 1849-1876
- West Africa, 1877-1881
- West Africa, 1886-1888
- Indochina 1892-1896
- Madagascar, 1896-1899
- Madagascar, 1900-1905
- France,1905-1916
- Conclusion
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Henri Brunschwig.Louis Gustave Binger (1856-1936)
- The Soldier
- The Explorer
- The Governor
- The Businessman
- Conclusion
- Notes on Sources
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G. Wesley Johnson, Jr.William Ponty and Republican Paternalism in French West Africa (1866-1915)
- Early Career
- Governor of the French Sudan
- Governor-general of West Africa
- Economic and Administrative Achievements
- Achievements in Native and Military Policy
- Personal Life and Conclusion
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Brian Weinstein. Governor-general Félix Eboué (1884-1944)
- Colonial Beginnings
- Early Days in Ubangui-Shari, 1909-1931
- The West Indies, 1932-1934
- Sudan Interim, 1934-1936
- Guadeloupe, 1936-1938
- Chad, 1939-1940
- Governor-general of French Equatorial Africa, 1940-1944
- Eboué, the Symbol
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William B. Cohen.Robert Delavignette: The Gentle Ruler (1897-1976)
- Childhoold and Early Career
- Roi de la Brousse
- Metropolitan Service
- Ecole Coloniale
- High Commissioner
- Delavignette and Decolonization
- Conclusion
Great Britain
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Anthony H. M. Kirk-Greene.On Governorship and Governors in British Africa
- The Office of Colonial Governor
- Number and Title of Governorships
- Ranking and Emoluments of Governors
- Government House and Its Staff
- History of the Office of Governor
- The Governor’s Functions
- Pomp and Circumstance
- Administration of the Colony
- Relations with the Colonial Office
- Relations with the Legislature
- Relations with the Colonial Administration
- Relations with Nonofficials
- Relations with Africans
- Relations with Other Governors
- The Governor’s Office Reviewed
- The Person of the British Colonial Governor
- The Selection of Governors
- Honors
- The Governor’s Wife
- The Office of Colonial Governor
- Conclusion
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John E. Flint. Frederick Lugard: The Making of an Autocrat (1858-1943)
- Early Career
- Uganda Pioneer
- Royal Niger Company
- West African Frontier Force
- Conquest in Norther Nigeria
- Paper Autocracy
- Nigerian Unification
- Lugard the Proconsul
- Retirement
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Harry A. Gailey. Sir Hugh Clifford (1856-1941)
- Southeast Asia and the West Indies
- Gold Coast
- Nigeria
- The Final Years
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Peter Duignan.Sir Robert Coryndon: A Model Governor (1870-1925)
- Background and Training
- Governor of Uganda
- Governor of Kenya
- Imperial Trusteeship
- Coryndon and the East African Federation
- Coryndon as Developer
- Coryndon’s Death
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Ronald Robinson. Sir Andrew Cohen: Proconsul of African Nationalism (1909-1968)
- Beginnings
- Early Career, 1934-1939
- The War Years
- Postwar Development in the Colonial Office
- Cohen’s Plan for Decolonization
- Reaction to the Plan
- African Independence
- A Governorship and the End of Cohen’s Career
Belgium
- L. H. Gann. Belgian Administration in the Congo: An Overview
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Bruce Fetter. Martin Rutten (1876-1944)
- Background and Education
- African Career
- Early Responsibilities
- Elisabethville
- Congo Administrator
- Influence on Social and Economic History
- Influence on Governmental and Administrative History
- Major Achievements
- Career Upon Retirement
- Conclusion
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William B. Norton. Pierre Ryckmans (1891-1959)
- Leopold, the Belgians, and the Congo, 1890-1927
- Ryckmans and Africa, 1891-1934
- Ryckmans, Belgium, and the Congo, 1934-1946
- Administrative Structure
- World War II
- Postwar Congo Policy
- Ryckmans, the United Nations, and the Congo, 1946-1958
- Postscript
Portugal
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Douglas L. Wheeler. Portuguese Colonial Governors in Africa, 1870-1974
- Governorships and Power Sharing
- The Colonial Governors: Backgrounds and Relationships
- The Colonial Governors in Perspective
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Douglas L. Wheeler. Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque (1855-1902)
- Background for a colonial career, 1855-1890
- Colonial career in Africa, 1890-1898
- The Hero-Soldier as Administrator, 1896-1898
- Soldier in the Wilderness, 1898-1902
- The Colonial Soldier Sanctified, 1926-1955
- Conclusion
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Douglas L. Wheeler. José Norton de Matos (1867-1955)
- Background, 1867-1912
- Governor-General of Angola, 1912-1915
- Cabinet-Minister and Politician, 1915-1921
- High-Commissioner and Governor-General of Angola, 1921-1926
- Senior Colonialist and Oppositionist
- Norton de Matos in Perspective
Germany
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L. H. Gann. German Governors: An Overview
- German Governors: Background and Functions
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Woodruff D. Smith. Julius Graf Zech auf Neuhofen (1868-1914)
- Zech’s Early Career
- The Foundation of Zech’s Policy, 1903-1910
- Economic Policy
- Political and Legal Reforms
- Zech’s Place in Colonial History
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L. H. Gann Heinrich Schnee (1871-1949)
- Origins and Training
- District Officer
- Metropolitan Bureaucrat
- Top of the Tree
- Governor at Peace
- Governor at War
- Publicist and Politician
A. E. Afigbo. Men of Two Continents: An African Interpretation
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