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Author Petrie, Hazel, 1949-

Title Chiefs of industry : Māori Tribal Enterprise in Early Colonial New Zealand
Published Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (624 pages)
Contents 1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- 7. Management and operation -- 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- 10. The context of change -- 11. So what went wrong? -- 12. Maori responses -- 13. Looking back
Ch. 1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- Ch. 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- Ch. 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- Ch. 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- Ch. 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- Ch. 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- Ch. 7. Management and operation -- Ch. 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- Ch. 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- Ch. 10. The context of change -- Ch. 11. So what went wrong? -- Ch. 12. Maori responses -- Ch. 13. Looking back
Summary Drawing on a wide range of sources in both English and Maori, this study explores the entrepreneurial activity of New Zealand's indigenous Maori in the early colonial period. Focusing on the two industries?coastal shipping and flourmilling?where Maori were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s, this title examines how such a society was able to develop capital-intensive investments and harness tribal ownership quickly and effectively to render commercial advantages. A discussion of the sudden decline in the?golden age" of Maori enterprise?from changing market conditio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Māori (New Zealand people) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Shipping -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Flour industry -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Business enterprises -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Business enterprises
Commerce
Flour industry
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Commerce
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Economic conditions
Shipping
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Unternehmen
Management
Tauhokohoko.
Kōrero nehe.
SUBJECT New Zealand -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091505
Subject New Zealand
Neuseeland
Maori.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781775580409
1775580407