| Description |
xviii, 302 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge concise histories |
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Cambridge concise histories.
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| Contents |
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 1950-1973 -- 9. Latest experiments 1974-1996 -- 10. Treaty revival 1974-2003 -- epilogue |
| Summary |
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. This new account of New Zealand's history considers this dynamic land from its break from Gondwana 80 million years ago to the beginning of the twenty-first century |
| Analysis |
New Zealand |
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History |
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History (New Zealand,Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
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Bibliography: pages 277-294 |
| SUBJECT |
New Zealand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091503
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| LC no. |
2004024834 |
| ISBN |
0521834384 hardback |
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0521542286 paperback |
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9780521542289 |
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