The Penguin History of New ZealandReadHowYouWant.com, 2011 - 705 pàgines New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003. |
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Rangiatea | 21 |
First | 60 |
Te Ao Distance The Arrival of Maori Engage the God and A Tangata Tangata Whenua | 86 |
Perforated | 99 |
Maori | 127 |
Party Politics Baptism of Farmers in Charge | 338 |
Maori Survival | 389 |
Depression and Recovery | 414 |
Conformity and Nonconformity | 438 |
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