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Contested Ground Te Whenua i Tohea: The Taranaki Wars 1860-1881 offers a thought-provoking perspective on a chaotic war with legacies that continue to the present day.
Throughout much of the 1860s, since the opening shots of the First Taranaki War were fired on 17 March 1860, Taranaki endured the horrors of war followed by the wholesale confiscation of Maori ancestral lands. In November 1881, the village of Parihaka was invaded, its leaders arrested and its residents dispersed.
Drawing on their extensive research and experiences, the authors throw new light on the controversies and characters of this turbulent period, examining the origins of the wars, the military tactics and tools employed, and the imagery and literature surrounding the conflict. The frequently painful legacies of the wars and their place in the public psyche are also canvassed, providing a colourful, multifaceted view of this pivotal period in New Zealand's history.
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Kelvin Day is Manager Heritage Collections at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth. He completed an MA (Hons) in Anthropology at Auckland University in 1983. Since then, he has worked in several New Zealand museums and published a number of articles on archaeological and museum collection related topics as well as a book, Maori Wood Carving of the Taranaki Region (Reed, 2001).
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- PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1869694112
- ISBN 13 9781869694111
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
- EditorKelvin Day
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 304 pages. Contested Ground Te Whenua i Tohea: The Taranaki Wars 1860-1881 offers a thou ght-provoking perspective on a chaotic war with legacies that continue to the pr esent day.Throughout much of the 1860s, since the opening shots of the Fi. Seller Inventory # 4744a
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Contested Ground / Te Whenua I Tohea : The Taranaki Wars 1860-1881
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; xxvii, [1], 304 pages. White boards with copper lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 296 x 208mm. Colour maps on endpapers. Numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Various contributors. "The first shots were fired on Wiremu Kingi's Te Kohia pa on 17 March 1860, marking the start of twenty-one years of direct conflict between Maori and Pakeha in the Taranaki region interspersed with periods of uneasy peace, culminating in the invasion of the Parihaka settlement on 5 November 1881. In Contested Ground: Te Whenua i Tohea, Kelvin Day brings together eleven distinguished academics and historians who provide fresh and engaging insights into this turbulent period, much sourced from previously overlooked material, and a remarkable collection of photographs and illustrations. 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Taranaki Wars, and this thoughtful and informative volume helps shed new light on the people and political landscape of 19th century Taranaki and the legacy of the wars on the history of Aotearoa New Zealand." Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Amalgamating Maori?': Maori, Land Tenure and 'Amalgamation' before 1860; Origins of War in North Taranaki; Ripples Reach Te Tau Ihu; The Strategy of War: The Taranaki Wars and the Development of Maori and British Strategy; Pakeha and Maori Fortifications in Taranaki, 1860-1881: Form and Purpose; The Maori Warrior and British Soldier; The British Army in Taranaki; Eyes on History: Pictorial Representations of the Taranaki Wars; Fighting Words: Books of the Taranaki Wars 1860-1923; War and Police: The Armed Constabulary in the Taranaki Wars; A New Kind of Resistance: Parihaka and the Struggle for Peace; Te Muru me te Raupatu: The Aftermath; Author Profiles; Bibliography; Index. Seller Inventory # 26344
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