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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index