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Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a colonial advocate and
political theorist, who was influential in the early colonisation
of New Zealand and South Australia. Wakefield read widely on
contemporary economics and social questions, and his theory of
colonisation helped shape the British Empire. He formed the New
Zealand Association in 1837 to create a new colony in that country,
finally emigrating himself in 1852. His son, the editor of this
volume of letters, was appointed secretary of the first settler
expedition to New Zealand in 1839, and was elected political
representative for Canterbury in 1854. The letters in the volume,
published in 1868, which span the period 1847-50, trace the history
of the town of Canterbury from Wakefield senior's suggestion of
church-led settlement in the 1840s to its foundation in 1850-1. A
planned second volume was never published.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796 1862) was a controversial colonial
advocate and political theorist, who was the driving force behind
the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia. Barred
from entering parliament after serving a three-year sentence in
Newgate Prison, Wakefield read widely on contemporary economic and
social questions before forming the New Zealand Association in
1837, with the aim of creating a colony in the country based on his
theories of systemic colonization. This volume, first published in
1839, contains a detailed description of the New Zealand
Association's plans for the formation of a British colony in the
country. Published to attract new members and potential colonists
to the Association, this volume discusses the natural resources of
New Zealand and describes the Association's method of colonisation
together with a proposed system of government, providing a valuable
practical example of Wakefield's influential theories of
colonization.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a controversial colonial
advocate and political theorist, who was the driving force behind
the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia. Barred
from entering parliament after serving a three-year sentence in
Newgate Prison, Wakefield read widely on contemporary economics and
social questions, developing his influential theory of
colonization. He formed the New Zealand Association in 1837 to
create a new colony in that country, finally emigrating himself in
1852. This volume, first published in 1849, contains an explanation
of Wakefield's philosophy of colonization. Writing in the form of
letters to an anonymous statesman, Wakefield fully explores and
discusses the social, political and economic aspects of his system
of colonization, based on regulating emigration by fixing the price
of land. Wakefield's ideas influenced early colonial economic
policy in South Australia, and stimulated the development of later
theories of colonization.
Title: England and America: a comparison of the social and
political state of both nations.Author: Edward Gibbon
WakefieldPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04191901CollectionID:
CTRG03-B22PublicationDate: 18330101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Attributed to Edward Gibbon Wakefield.Collation: 2 v.
in 1; 22 cm
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
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poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ England And America: A Comparison Of The Social And Political
State Of Both Nations, Volume 1; England And America: A Comparison
Of The Social And Political State Of Both Nations; Edward Gibbon
Wakefield Edward Gibbon Wakefield R. Bentley, 1833 Colonization;
Great Britain; United States
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