Alan Megahey
Biographic Data
| ID | 280740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Megahey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Megahey |
| SIGNATURE | MEGAHEY A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A School in Africa
When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the Brit
A Colony in Africa
Southern Rhodesia in the early 1950s was not a colony in the usual sense of the term, and its history was relatively short. The land first came into the orbit of Britain’s African Empire when the pioneer column of adventurers, traders and would-be farmers travelled north in 1890. It was given its name in 1895 by the administrator of the British South Africa Company, which virtually owned the territory, and ran it until 1923. The impetus to drive …
The Great Expansion
Although the independent schools were subjected to political pressures, and to what sometimes felt like harassment, there was a huge expansion in the 1980s. It is arguable, as we have seen, that the 1983 explosion of new schools helped to precipitate the crisis which the independent sector faced. But it is also likely that the crisis, in one form or another, would have come at some stage. The new governing class, and indeed the emergent black bus…
Irish Protestant Churches in the Twentieth Century
The Irish Protestant Churches in the Twentieth Century
This book is unique in recording the history of all the Protestant churches in Ireland in the twentieth century, though with particular focus on the two largest - the Presbyterian and the Church of Ir
Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor
List of Plates Introdution R.G.Mugabe Foreword R.Blake Preface Acknowledgements A Note on Place-Names Map of Places Mentioned in the Text Chronology The Early Years Into Africa Farming in Peace and War Politics and Federation Southern Rhodesia in the Late Fifties First Years as Governor The End of Federation Prelude to UDI The Unilateral Declaration of Independence Tensions and Talks A Long Haul A State of Uncertainty Near the End of the Road Ret…
Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor
The Irish Protestant Churches in the Twentieth Century
This book is unique in recording the history of all the Protestant churches in Ireland in the twentieth century, though with particular focus on the two largest - the Presbyterian and the Church of Ir
Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor
List of Plates Introdution R.G.Mugabe Foreword R.Blake Preface Acknowledgements A Note on Place-Names Map of Places Mentioned in the Text Chronology The Early Years Into Africa Farming in Peace and War Politics and Federation Southern Rhodesia in the Late Fifties First Years as Governor The End of Federation Prelude to UDI The Unilateral Declaration of Independence Tensions and Talks A Long Haul A State of Uncertainty Near the End of the Road Ret…
Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor
Irish Protestant Churches in the Twentieth Century
The Irish Protestant Churches in the Twentieth Century
This book is unique in recording the history of all the Protestant churches in Ireland in the twentieth century, though with particular focus on the two largest - the Presbyterian and the Church of Ir
A School in Africa
When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the Brit
A Colony in Africa
Southern Rhodesia in the early 1950s was not a colony in the usual sense of the term, and its history was relatively short. The land first came into the orbit of Britain’s African Empire when the pioneer column of adventurers, traders and would-be farmers travelled north in 1890. It was given its name in 1895 by the administrator of the British South Africa Company, which virtually owned the territory, and ran it until 1923. The impetus to drive …
The Great Expansion
Although the independent schools were subjected to political pressures, and to what sometimes felt like harassment, there was a huge expansion in the 1980s. It is arguable, as we have seen, that the 1983 explosion of new schools helped to precipitate the crisis which the independent sector faced. But it is also likely that the crisis, in one form or another, would have come at some stage. The new governing class, and indeed the emergent black bus…
African history and culture studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Empire (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Governor (2 works) · Physics (2 works)