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Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa
Colin Baker
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Description for Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa
Hardcover. This is a biographical study of Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, last Governor of Nyasaland. He was posted to Northern Rhodesia as an administrative cadet in 1931. He moved to Nyasaland in 1960, during which time he became Governor-General. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; BG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 603.
Sir Glyn Jones, as last governor of Nyasaland, oversaw the transition of the country to Malawi. Involving widespread unrest, the removal of a governor, a state of emergency and commision of enquiry from London, these were some of the most stormy episodes in the story of the end of empire. This biography, based on original sources, including the Glyn Jones papers to which the author had first and exclusive access, reveals Jones’ relationship with Hastings Banda in a new and controversial light. Jones’ appointment was the pinnacle of a distinguished career in the colonial service, which began in Northern Rhodesia as an administrative cadet in 1931. In 1960, as the demand for early constitutional advance in the northern territories of the Central Africa Federation and secession from that federation became more insistent, Jones moved from Northern Rhodesia to neighbouring Nyasaland, where he stayed for the most critical years of his colonial service career. These years saw Jones’s promotion to Governor and Governor-General. This revealing account is the third volume of Baker’s biographical studies of the last three governors of Nyasaland.
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860644610
SKU
V9781860644610
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About Colin Baker
Colin Baker is Research Professor at the University of Glamorgan,UK and specializes in imperial history.
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