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Author Belich, James, 1956-

Title Making peoples : a history of the New Zealanders : from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century / James Belich
Published [London] : Allen Lane ; Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Press, 1996

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 W'PONDS  993.01 Bel/Mpa  AVAILABLE
 MELB SPC FLANNERY  993.01 Bel/Mpa  UNAVAILABLE
Description 497 pages ; 25 cm
Series Penguin
Contents 1. The Prehistory of New Zealand -- 2. Hunters and Gardeners -- 3. The Rise of the Tribes -- 4. Life Before History -- 5. The European Discovery of New Zealand -- 6. The Maori Discovery of Europe -- 7. Fatal Impact? -- 8. Empire? -- 9. Converting Conversion -- 10. Conquest? -- 11. Swamps, Sticks and Carrots -- 12. The Pakeha Prospectus -- 13. Gettin In -- 14. Taken In? -- 15. Getting On -- 16. Lumped, Split and Bound
Summary "Examines Maori and Pakeha backgrounds, Maori settlement and pre-contact history ... re-interprets Maori-European relations from 1642 to the early 1900s ... traces European settlement ... the colonisation ... the colonial economy and society and re-examines the origins of Pakeha" --Jacket
Analysis New Zealand History
Colonialism
Colonisation
History
Maoris
New Zealand
Overseas item
Prehistory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-497) and index
Subject Maori (New Zealand people) -- European influences.
Maori (New Zealand people) -- First contact with Europeans.
Maori (New Zealand people) -- History.
SUBJECT New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Colonization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
New Zealand -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006595
New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
New Zealand -- History -- To 1840. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091504
New Zealand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091503
LC no. 96064559
ISBN 0713991712 (hbk.)