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The Meeting Place : Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840.

An account focusing on the encounters between the Maori and Pakeha-or European settlers-and the process of mutual discovery from 1642 to around 1840, this New Zealand history book argues that both groups inhabited a middle ground in which neither could dictate the political, economic, or cultural ru...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Malley, Vincent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:An account focusing on the encounters between the Maori and Pakeha-or European settlers-and the process of mutual discovery from 1642 to around 1840, this New Zealand history book argues that both groups inhabited a middle ground in which neither could dictate the political, economic, or cultural rules of engagement. By looking at economic, religious, political, and sexual encounters, it offers a strikingly different picture to traditional accounts of imperial Pakeha power over a static, resistant Maori society. With fresh insights, this book ex.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (614 pages)
ISBN:9781775581956
1775581950