The Origins of the Maori Wars / Keith Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Keith, 1922-1993, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand--History--1840-1876.

New Zealand.

New Zealand--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Keith Sinclair's The Origins of the Maori Wars is a fascinating account of the Waitara purchase and the cause of war in Taranaki in 1860. The seeds of conflict were sown in the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, when colonists arrived to take up land for which they had paid before it had been procured. The King party, one of the earliest national movements among Māori, reacted against this imperial expansion. The story of the developing crisis features good intentions, self-interest, obstinacy and miscalculations - elements involved in the origins of many wars. Written over ten years, The Origins of the Maori Wars is a pioneering study that comes complete with scholarly apparatus, including maps, appendices, notes and an index. First published in 1957, The Origins of the Maori Wars quickly established itself as a classic of New Zealand historical scholarship. This is the second edition.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Table of Contents; ILLUSTRATIONS; Preface; ABBREVIATIONS; Part One : A SETTING FOR A WAR; I : THE SETTLERS' VIEW; II : THE MAORI SITUATION; III : THE HUMANITARIAN FAITH; Part Two : THE FAILURE OF POLICY; IV : THE SEARCH FOR A NATIVE POLICY, 1840-1853; V : LAND PURCHASE POLICY, 1840-1858; VI : MAORI NATIONALISM, 1840-1863; VII : THE PARALYSIS OF NATIVE POLICY; Part Three : THE WAITARA PURCHASE; VIII : TARANAKI, 1840-1858; IX : THE OFFER OF THE LAND, 1859; X : THE INVESTIGATION OF OWNERSHIP, 1859-60; XI : THE BEGINNING OF THE MAORI WARS, 1860

XII : THE RESPONSIBILITYXIII : THE FAILURE OF HUMANITARIANISM; Part Four : THE EXTENSION OF THE WAR; XIV : THE FIRST TARANAKI WAR, 1860-61; XV : EMERGENCY NATIVE POLICY, 1861-63; XVI : THE REVIVAL OF WAR, 1863; XVII : THE INVASION OF THE WAIKATO, 1863; APPENDIX A : THE MAPS OF THE MAORI OWNERSHIP OF THE PEKAPEKA BLOCK; APPENDIX B : THE OFFICIAL APOLOGIA FOR THE WAITARA PURCHASE; APPENDIX C : COMPARISON OF LAND AND STOCK OWNED BY SETTLERS IN SEVERAL PROVINCES, 1854-55; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781775581345

1775581349

OCLC:

862828906