Old New Zealand and other writings / F.E. Maning ; edited by Alex Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maning, Frederick Edward, 1812-1883.

Contributor:

Calder, Alex.

Series:

Literature of travel, exploration and empire.

The literature of travel, exploration and empire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs.

Māori (New Zealand people).

New Zealand--Description and travel.

New Zealand.

New Zealand--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Old New Zealand

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2001.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In Old New Zealand (1863), F.E. Maning recalls living alongside Maori in ""the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that."" His account of the early contact period is widely acknowledged to be a masterpiece of some sort, but the extent to which it is fiction, autobiography, ethnography, history, or satire remains a matter for debate. This is the first scholarly edition of Maning's writings. It includes a revealing selection of Maning's unpublished letters, and Alex Calder contributes an introduction and notes that illuminate the works' historical, ethnog

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Note on Texts; History of the War in the North of New Zealand, Against the Chief Heke (1862); Editor's Notes; Old New Zealand; A Tale of the Good Old Times (1863); Editor's Notes; Appendix: Selected Letters 'The Native Question'; Editor's Notes to the Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612309779

9781282309777

1282309773

9780567520494

0567520498

OCLC:

458562690