Edward Gibbon Wakefield 1796-1862 -- reformer and original thinker on proper colonial administration, in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- Tom Monto
- Jan 22
- 1 min read
Reformer
assisted Lord Durham in his report following the the 1837 Rebellions
his thoughts on administration of colonies were published in
A view of the art of colonization, with present reference to the British Empire ; in letters between a statesman and a colonist (1849)
His views are thought to be utopian
see Shane Chalmers, "The Utopian Law and Literature of Systematic Colonisation" Law and Literature, volume 35, 2023 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1535685X.2021.2011046
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Wakefield's work in Canada is discussed in
The colonization of Australia (1829-42); the Wakefield experiment in empire building, by Richard Charles Mills, with an introduction by Graham Wallas
much on politics of pre-Confederation Canada.
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