A concise history of New Zealand / Philippa Mein Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mein Smith, Philippa, author.

Series:

Cambridge concise histories.

Cambridge concise histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand--History.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : 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

Glossary of Maori words

Timeline.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-335) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88772-6

1-107-70340-9

1-107-59891-5

1-107-70413-8

1-107-69530-9

1-107-70211-9

1-139-19657-X

OCLC:

863203831