Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman?: James Macandrew of Otago 9781988531359

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Автор: R J (Jo) Bunce
Название: Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman?: James Macandrew of Otago
ISBN: 9781988531359
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
Классификация:

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Австралазии и Тихоокеании

ISBN-10: 1988531357
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.82 кг.
Дата издания: 24.04.2019
Серия: Biography
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Photos throughout
Размер: 161 x 239 x 22
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Biography: historical, political & military,Australasian & Pacific history
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This is a biography of one of New Zealands most colourful and persuasive politicians. When James Macandrew arrived in Dunedin from Scotland in 1851, other settlers were impressed by his energy and enthusiasm for new initiatives. With his finger in a lot of commercial pies, he set about making himself a handsome income which he eventually lost, declaring himself bankrupt and ending up in a debtors prison for a time. Politics became another enterprise at which he threw himself with a passion. Macandrew was a member of Otago Provincial Council for 10 years, during which time he held almost all the elected positions in that body. He was superintendent of Otago for a further decade, and at the same time he was a member of parliament for 29 years. This is the warts-and-all story of a Victorian settler who was a devoted family man, a staunch Presbyterian and a consummate politician. It examines the numerous local institutions that benefited from Macandrews touch the University of Otago, the Art School (now Otago Polytechnic School of Art), the Normal School (later the College of Education) along with his contributions to the building of roads, railways, wharves, harbours, schools and churches. Macandrew made plenty of enemies along the way, and has been severely judged by history. This re-examination of his life and political work reveals a man who both inspired and infuriated the citizens of Otago, and New Zealand, for almost four decades.

Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman?: James Macandrew of Otago, R J (Jo) Bunce