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Item Details
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THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND
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| By: |
Michael King |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0143018671 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780143018674 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN GROUP (NZ) |
| Pub. date: |
13 October, 2003 |
| Pages: |
564 |
| Description: |
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind and the first to introduce a full democracy. This title tells the country's story and reveals how an insulated and dependent British colony transformed itself into an independent nation. |
| Synopsis: |
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce a 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. This title tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonizing New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a "fatal impact", coped heroically with colonization and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. The latter part of the book reveals how an insulated and dependent British colony transformed itself into an independent nation, open to and competing with technological and cultural influences sweeping the globe. |
| Illustrations: |
maps, port. |
| Publication: |
New Zealand |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books (NZ) |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2004.
Winner of Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2004. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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