A Concise History of New Zealand (Cambridge Concise Histories) - Softcover

Mein Smith, Philippa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521542286 ISBN 13: 9780521542289

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

In this new account of New Zealand's history, Philippa Mein Smith considers the rugged and dynamic land from its break from Gondwana 80 million years ago to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country's small size and isolation, from late settlement by Polynesian voyagers, very late colonization and settlement by Europeans, and the interactions that made these people Maori and Pakeha, to struggles over land, and efforts through time to manage global forces. Placing New Zealand in its global and regional context, the book reveals its links to Britain, despite being immersed in the Pacific, and part of Australasia. Distinctively, it reveals key moments contributing to the founding of the country's national myths.

About this title

Book Description:

New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. In this new account of New Zealand's history, Philippa Mein Smith considers this rugged and dynamic land from its break from Gondwana 80 million years ago to the beginning of the twenty-first century. This is a history that places New Zealand in its global and regional context, linked to Britain, immersed in the Pacific, and part of Australasia.

About the Author:

Philippa Mein Smith is Associate Professor of History at the University of Canterbury where she researches and teaches New Zealand and Australian history. She is the author of Maternity in Dispute: New Zealand 1920-1939 (1986), Mothers and King Baby: Infant Survival and Welfare in an Imperial World: Australia 1880-1950 (1997) and A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (with Donald Denoon, 2000), for which she had a co-residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Centre in Bellagio, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521542286
• ISBN 13: 9780521542289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320