Making peoples : a history of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian settlement to the end of the ninet...
Making peoples : a history of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian settlement to the end of the ninet...
Making peoples : a history of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century / James Belich.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
Call Numbers
G 2020/5488
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
497 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The prehistory of New Zealand -- Hunters and gardeners -- The rise of the tribes -- Life before history -- The European discover of New Zealand -- The Maori discovery of Europe -- Fatal impact? -- Empire? -- Converting conversion -- Conquest? -- Swamps, sticks and carrots -- The Pakeha prospectus --...
Publication information
Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Place of Publication
Hawaii
Date Published
2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This immensely readable book, full of drama and humor as well as scholarship, is a watershed in the writing of New Zealand history. In making many new assertions and challenging many historical myths, it seeks to reinterpret our approach to the past.Given New Zealand's small population, short history, and great isolation, the history of the archip...
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Full title
Making peoples : a history of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century / James Belich.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-483) and index.
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Date Copyright
©1996
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Call Numbers
G 2020/5488
Record Identifier
74VKaOq2DpXg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOq2DpXg
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ISBN
9780824825171
DDC
993
MMS ID
991024375716502626
