The Penguin History of New Zealand

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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459623754
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis The Penguin History of New Zealand by : Michael King

Download or read book The Penguin History of New Zealand written by Michael King and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.

The Pelican History of New Zealand

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ISBN 13 : 9780140203448
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pelican History of New Zealand by : Keith Sinclair

Download or read book The Pelican History of New Zealand written by Keith Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making Peoples

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824825171
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (251 download)

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Book Synopsis Making Peoples by : James Belich

Download or read book Making Peoples written by James Belich and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paper This immensely readable book, full of drama and humor as well as scholarship, is a watershed in the writing of New Zealand history. In making many new assertions and challenging many historical myths, it seeks to reinterpret our approach to the past. Given New Zealand's small population, short history, and great isolation, the history of the archipelago has been saddled with a reputation for mundanity. According to James Belich, however, it is just these characteristics that make New Zealand "a historian's paradise: a laboratory whose isolation, size, and recency is an advantage, in which the grand themes of world history are often played out more rapidly, more separately, and therefore more discernably, than elsewhere." The first of two planned volumes, Making Peoples begins with the Polynesian settlement and its development into the Maori tribes in the eleventh century. It traces the great encounter between independent Maoridom and expanding Europe from 1642 to 1916, including the foundation of the Pakeha, the neo-Europeans of New Zealand, between the 1830s and the 1880s. It describes the forging of a neo-Polynesia and a neo-Britain and the traumatic interaction between them. The author carefully examines the myths and realities that drove the colonialization process and suggests a new "living" version of one of the most critical and controversial documents in New Zealand's history, the Treaty of Waitangi, frequently descibed as New Zealand's Magna Carta. The construction of peoples, Maori and Pakeha, is a recurring theme: the response of each to the great shift from extractive to sustainable economics; their relationship with their Hawaikis, or ancestors, with each other, and with myth. Essential reading for anyone interested in New Zealand history and in the history of new societies in general.

A Concise History of New Zealand

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107402174
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of New Zealand written by Philippa Mein Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated

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Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780143006695
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)

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Book Synopsis The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated by : Michael King

Download or read book The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated written by Michael King and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Michael King's acclaimed Penguin History of New Zealand is the local publishing phenomenon of the early twentieth century. Total sales in paperback and hardback have recently reached a staggering 220,000. King's text has been hailed for its accessibility and for being positive and constructive in a time of uncertainty. This is an illustrated hardback edition in full colour in the same format as Gerard Hutchings' Natural World of New Zealand. To Michael King's wonderful text has been added nearly 300 illustrations researched by David Filer: photographs, early paintings, engravings, maps and ephemera. David Filer is also writing the captions to the illustrations under our direction. Note that there are only 300 illustrations, carefully selected. This new edition is not an 'illustrated history of New Zealand' as such. It is very much Michael King's Penguin History plus some illustrations.

Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140882079X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All by : Christina Thompson

Download or read book Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All written by Christina Thompson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.

The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse

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Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse by : Ian Wedde

Download or read book The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse written by Ian Wedde and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse

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Publisher : Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse by : Allen Curnow

Download or read book The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse written by Allen Curnow and published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin. This book was released on 1960 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Traveller's History of Australia

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Publisher : Interlink Books
ISBN 13 : 9781623717339
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis A Traveller's History of Australia by : John H. Chambers

Download or read book A Traveller's History of Australia written by John H. Chambers and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for travelers who wish to enjoy the amazing diversity of Australia. The ancient Aboriginal way of life is described; early European sightings; and the establishment of the British convict colony in 1788, which dragged the continent into the modern world. The dynamic story of Australia in the twentieth century, its role in two world wars, the post-war discoveries of huge mineral deposits, its courting of Asia in recent decades, the return of vast areas of land to the Aborigines, and its confident cultural vibrancy in wine, food, film, and art are also examined.

The Story Of A New Zealand River

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Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1775531325
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Book Synopsis The Story Of A New Zealand River by : Jane Mander

Download or read book The Story Of A New Zealand River written by Jane Mander and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1920, this is the most celebrated of Jane Mander's six novels and is now regarded as a New Zealand classic. Alice Roland, together with her children, boxes, mattresses and piano, is punted up river to the 'appalling isolation' of their new home, 'a small house against a splendid wall of bush' in the kauri forest at Pukekaroro. She is joining her husband there, a reunion that is far from warm, but this remote place is to mark Alice's long and steady growth towards shared love, a new awareness of life and a sense of personal liberation. First published in New York in 1920, this is the first New Zealand novel to confront convincingly many of the twentieth century's major political, religious, moral and social issues - most significantly women's rights. Daring for its time in its exploration of sexual, emotional and intellectual freedom, the New Zealand Herald found the ending 'too early for good public morality'. It is believed by many to be the inspiration of Jane Campion's film The Piano.

A Savage Country

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Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1742532438
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Book Synopsis A Savage Country by : Paul Moon

Download or read book A Savage Country written by Paul Moon and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this foreign land and its people. In this groundbreaking history of early New Zealand, Paul Moon details how so many of the events in this decade - the introduction of aggressive capitalism, the arrival of literacy and the beginnings of Maori print culture, intertribal warfare, Hongi Hika and the British connection, colonisation as a simultaneously destructive and beneficial force - influenced the nation's evolution over the remainder of the century. Moon leaves no stone unturned in his examination of this dynamic and fascinating pre-Treaty era. Surprising and engaging, A Savage Country does not merely recount events but takes us inside a changing country, giving a real sense of history as it happened. 'Paul Moon has produced an engrossing account of a singular, violent and confused decade in New Zealand's history.' Paul Little, North & South

A History of New Zealand Literature

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316546195
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of New Zealand Literature by : Mark Williams

Download or read book A History of New Zealand Literature written by Mark Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of New Zealand Literature traces the genealogy of New Zealand literature from its first imaginings by Europeans in the eighteenth century. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the growth of, and challenges to, a nationalist literary tradition, the essays in this History illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of New Zealand literature, surveying the multilayered verse, fiction and drama of such diverse writers as Katherine Mansfield, Allen Curnow, Frank Sargeson, Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism, biculturalism and multiculturalism in New Zealand literature. A History of New Zealand Literature is of pivotal importance to the development of New Zealand writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

The Story of a Treaty

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Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1927131340
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)

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Book Synopsis The Story of a Treaty by : Claudia Orange

Download or read book The Story of a Treaty written by Claudia Orange and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treaty of Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty from its signing in 1840 through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century to the gathering political momentum of recent decades. The second edition of this popular book brings the story up to the present. New illustrations enrich the history, giving life to the events as they unfold. Printed in full colour, The Story of a Treaty will continue as a superb introduction to Treaty history for future generations.

The Hoiho, New Zealand's Yellow-eyed Penguin

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Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis The Hoiho, New Zealand's Yellow-eyed Penguin by : Adele Vernon

Download or read book The Hoiho, New Zealand's Yellow-eyed Penguin written by Adele Vernon and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses New Zealand's forest-dwelling penguin, rarest of the world's penguins and edging closer to extinction every year.

A Land Apart

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis A Land Apart by : Michael King

Download or read book A Land Apart written by Michael King and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Moriori

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Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143771280
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Book Synopsis Moriori by : Michael King

Download or read book Moriori written by Michael King and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A book to be treasured for the access it gives us to a little-known corner of the New Zealand experience.' Tipene O'Regan, Evening Post This award-winning, trail-blazing book by Michael King restored the Moriori of the Chatham Islands to their rightful place in New Zealand, Pacific and world history. This revised edition contains material that has come to light since first publication. 'King has set the record straight in a richly readable and often moving account of a long ignored sideshow to the history of our country.' Gordon McLauchlan, National Business Review 'It is authoritative but it is also popular history in the best sense, and that is precisely what is needed to clear away the brambles of racial prejudice and historical error which have all but overwhelmed the subject in the past.' Atholl Anderson, Otago Daily Times 'This book decisively strips away all the muddle . . . a clear, thoroughly readable and honest history of the Moriori.' Judith Binney, Sunday Star 'A timely book which must be read so that we will all know more about ourselves and about us as a nation.' Hirini Moko Mead, Dominion

A Short History of New Zealand

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ISBN 13 : 9781869538439
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of New Zealand written by Gordon McLauchlan and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup!