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Author Mein Smith, Philippa

Title A Concise History of New Zealand
Edition 2nd ed
Published Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (370 pages)
Series Cambridge Concise Histories
Cambridge concise histories.
Contents Cover -- A CONCISE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND: Second Edition -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Waka across a watery world -- TIME BEFORE HUMANS -- NAVIGATORS UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS -- TRADITIONAL STORIES -- A EUROPEAN SEARCH FOR ORIGINS -- 'FUTURE EATERS' -- CREATING AN INDIGENOUS CULTURE -- 2 Beachcrossers 1769-1839 -- CAPTAIN COOK -- FRENCH EXPLORERS -- AUSTRALIAN LINKS -- THE MUSKET WARS -- THE MOVE FROM MINIMUM INTERVENTION -- 3 Claiming the land 1840-1860 -- THE FOUNDING DOCUMENT -- SYSTEMATIC COLONISATION -- CROWN COLONY -- 4 Remoter Australasia 1861-1890 -- NEW ZEALAND WARS -- POWER IN NUMBERS -- CREATING A SETTLER STATE AND SOCIETY -- A FEDERAL AUSTRALASIA? -- 5 MANAGING GLOBALISATION 1891-1913 -- THE SETTLER CONTRACT -- WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE -- ARBITRATION -- MAORI LAND LOSS AND PROTEST -- INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED MAORI -- WHITHER AUSTRALASIA? -- RACIAL ANXIETIES -- BABY AS BEST IMMIGRANT -- 6 'All flesh is as grass' 1914-1929 -- IN FLANDERS FIELDS -- THE HOME FRONT -- REPAIRING THE WAR WASTAGE -- EMPIRE'S DAIRY FARM -- ECONOMIC INSECURITY AND POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY -- MAORI RECOVERY -- 7 Making New Zealand 1930-1949 -- THE DEPRESSION -- SECURITY AND RECOVERY -- WAR IN EUROPE -- WAR IN THE PACIFIC -- WAR FRONT/HOME FRONT -- VISIONS OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION -- 8 Golden weather 1950-1972 -- COLD WAR AND NUCLEAR PLAYGROUND -- PEOPLING NEW ZEALAND -- MAORI URBANISATION -- SUBURBAN ICONS -- PROTEST MOVEMENTS -- ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCIES -- 9 Latest experiments 1973-1996 -- MULDOONISM -- ROGERNOMICS -- CONTINUITIES -- NUCLEAR-FREE NEW ZEALAND -- 10 Treaty revival 1973-1999 -- THE TREATY COMES ALIVE -- 'A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE' -- DIVERSITY IN FILM AND PAINTING -- THE SLOW DEATH OF 'WHITE NEW ZEALAND' -- 11 Shaky ground: Seismic shifts 2000-2011 -- WEST TO EAST
MONEY, MORALS, MARKETS -- CHANGING CLIMATES -- GLOSSARY OF MAORI WORDS -- TIMELINE -- SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS -- 1 WAKA ACROSS A WATERY WORLD -- 2 BEACHCROSSERS 1769-1839 -- 3 CLAIMING THE LAND 1840-1860 -- 4 REMOTER AUSTRALASIA 1861-1890 -- 5 MANAGING GLOBALISATION 1891-1913 -- 6 'ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS' 1914-1929 -- 7 MAKING NEW ZEALAND 1930-1949 -- 8 GOLDEN WEATHER 1950-1972 -- 9 LATEST EXPERIMENTS 1973-1996 -- 10 TREATY REVIVAL 1973-1999 -- 11 SHAKY GROUND: SEISMIC SHIFTS 2000-2011 -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- INDEX
Summary The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT New Zealand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091503
Subject New Zealand.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781107598911
1107598915