A Concise History of New Zealand
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, tobe settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land isbeautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 millionyears ago, to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlightsthe effects of the country'...
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Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-regional-history/concise-history-new-zealand-2nd-edition?format=PB#J6mjoM7OWtdZssEv.97 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/93593 |
| Summary: | New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, tobe settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land isbeautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 millionyears ago, to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlightsthe effects of the country's smallness and isolation, from its late settlementby Polynesian voyagers and colonisation by Europeans - and theexchanges that made these people Maori and Pakeha - to the dramaticstruggles over land and recent efforts to manage global forces. |
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