The New Zealand wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict /
James Belich's book is a tour de force. In a brilliant new analysis, he demolishes the received wisdom of the course and outcome of the new Zealand Wars explains how we came by the version and why it is all wrong, and substitutes his own interpretation. It is a vigorous and splendidly stylish c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Auckland :
Auckland University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- About the author
- Title page
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the 2015 edition
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE: The Northern War
- 1 A Limited War
- 2 The Ohaeawai Campaign
- 3 The Paper Victory
- PART TWO: The Taranaki War
- 4 A Question of Sovereignty
- 5 The Intervention of the King Movement
- 6 The Maori Strategy and the British Response
- PART THREE: The Waikato War
- 7 The Invasion of Waikato
- 8 Rangiriri
- 9 Paterangi and Orakau
- 10 The Tauranga Campaign
- PART FOUR: Titokowaru and Te Kooti
- 11 A New Kind of War
- 12 Titokowaru and the Brink of Victory
- 13 The Turn of the Tide
- PART FIVE: Conclusions
- 14 The Maori Achievement
- 15 The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
- Glossary of Maori Terms
- References
- Bibliography
- Index.