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Author Ashton, Jennifer, author

Title At the margin of empire : John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900 / Jennifer Ashton
Published Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (276 pages)
Contents Map -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Making of an Imperial Man -- Chapter Two: Hokianga and the River Trade -- Chapter Three Among the Queen's People: The Northern War, 1845-1846 -- Chapter Four: A Voyage through the Pacific,1848-1851 -- Chapter Five: Hokianga's Timber Baron, 1855-1870 -- Chapter Six: War and Politics in the 1860s -- Chapter Seven: Hokianga Old and New, 1870-1890 -- Chapter Eight: Unquiet Retirement, 1880s-1900 -- Epilogue -- Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
Summary In telling the story of John Webster's long and colorful life for the first time, this biography also explores the wider transformation of relationships between Māori and Pakeha during the 19th century. In this remarkable biography, Jennifer Ashton uses the life of one man as a unique lens through which to view the early history of New Zealand
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 02, 2015)
Subject Webster, John, 1818-1912.
SUBJECT Webster, John, 1818-1912 fast
Subject Colonists -- New Zealand -- Far North District -- Biography
Māori (New Zealand people) -- New Zealand -- Far North District -- History -- 19th century
Colonists
Māori (New Zealand people)
Race relations
Noho-ā-iwi.
Pākehā.
Kōrero nehe.
Taipūwhenuatanga.
SUBJECT Far North District (N.Z.) -- History -- 19th century
Far North District (N.Z.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Subject New Zealand -- Far North District
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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