TY - BOOK AU - Megahey,Alan J. TI - Humphrey Gibbs, beleaguered Governor: Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69 SN - 0312212097 AV - DT2975.G53 M48 U1 - 968.91/02/092B 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Gibbs, Humphrey, KW - Governors KW - Zimbabwe KW - Biography KW - Gouverneurs KW - Biographies KW - fast KW - History KW - 1890-1965 KW - 1965-1980 KW - Histoire N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-234) and index; Introduction; R.G. Mugabe --; Foreword; Robert Blake --; Map of Places Mentioned in the Text --; The Early Years --; Family Background --; Boyhood --; The Student --; Into Africa --; Empire Settlement --; South African Diary --; Rhodesian Diary --; Rhodesia in 1929 --; Farming in Peace and War --; Beginning to Farm --; The Second World War --; Farming Politics --; Helping the Church --; Politics and Federation --; Parliament --; Federation --; 'Legitimate to Hope' --; Southern Rhodesia in the Late 1950s --; Personal Matters --; 'Establishment' Values --; Lost Chance? --; The Colony in Early 1959 --; First Year as Governor --; A Governor's Life --; Royalty in Rhodesia --; Africa Year 1960 --; The End of Federation --; Protest and Discontent --; A New Constitution --; The Election of December 1962 --; Federation Ended --; Prelude to UDI --; The Governor --; The Fall of Field --; New Governments in London and Salisbury --; Last Months of Legality --; The Unilateral Declaration of Independence --; Collision Course --; Eleven Days in November --; Beleaguered Governor --; Tensions and Talks --; Under Siege --; Talks about Talks --; The Tiger Talks --; A Long Haul --; The Climate of Opinion --; The 'Reluctant Right-winger' --; More Talks about Talks --; A State of Uncertainty --; Legal Uncertainties --; Political Uncertainties --; Knight in the Cold --; Near the End of the Road --; Long Incarceration --; The Referendum --; Aftermath --; Retirement at Bonisa ER -