A concise history of New Zealand / Philippa Mein Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mein Smith, Philippa.

Series:

Cambridge concise histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand--History.

New Zealand.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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.

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.

Notes:

Previous ed.: New York : 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (298-335) and index.

ISBN:

9781107402171

1107402174

OCLC:

730004070