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A concise history of New Zealand
- Title
- A concise history of New Zealand / Philippa Mein Smith.
- Author
- Mein Smith, Philippa.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 348 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country's smallness and isolation, from its late settlement by Polynesian voyagers and colonisation by Europeans - and the exchanges that made these people Maori and Pakeha - to the dramatic struggles over land and recent efforts to manage global forces. A Concise History of New Zealand places New Zealand in its global and regional context. It unravels key moments - the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Anzac landing at Gallipoli, the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior - showing their role as nation-building myths and connecting them with the less dramatic forces, economic and social, that have shaped contemporary New Zealand.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge concise histories
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge concise histories.
- Subject
- Note
- Previous ed.: New York : 2005.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (298-335) and index.
- Contents
- Waka across a watery world -- Beachcrossers, 1769-1839 -- Claiming the land, 1840-1860 -- Remoter Australasia, 1861-1890 -- Managing globalisation, 1891-1913 -- 'All flesh is as grass,' 1914-1929 -- Making New Zealand, 1930-1949 -- Golden weather, 1950-1972 -- Latest experiments, 1973-1996 -- Treaty revival, 1973-1999 -- Shaky ground : seismic shifts, 2000-2011.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-991
- ISBN
- 9781107402171 (pbk)
- 1107402174 (pbk)
- OCLC
- 730004070
- Author
- Mein Smith, Philippa.
- Title
- A concise history of New Zealand / Philippa Mein Smith.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Series
- Cambridge concise historiesCambridge concise histories.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (298-335) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-991