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The Rise and Fall of James Busby - His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand (Hardcover)
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The Rise and Fall of James Busby - His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand (Hardcover)
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One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the
19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian
wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of
Independence and a central figure in the early history of
independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840.
Officially the man on the ground for the British government in the
volatile society of New Zealand in the 1830s, Busby endeavoured to
create his own parliament and act independently of his superiors in
London. This put him on a collision course with the British
Government, and ultimately destroyed his career. With a reputation
as an inept, conceited and increasingly embittered person, this
caricature of Busby's character has slipped into the historical
bloodstream where it remains to the present day. This book draws on
an extensive range of previously-unused archival records to
reconstruct Busby's life in much more intimate form, and exposes
the back-room plotting that ultimately destroyed his plans for New
Zealand. It will alter the way that Britain's colonisation of New
Zealand is understood, and will leave readers with an appreciation
of how individuals, more than policies, shaped the Empire and its
rule.
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