Making a new land : environmental histories of New Zealand /

"[This book] presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonisation of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, firs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pawson, Eric (Editor ), Brooking, Tom, 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2013.
Edición:New edition.
Temas:
Landscape changes > New Zealand > History.
Human ecology > New Zealand > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > New Zealand > History.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > Nouvelle-Zélande > Histoire.
Paysages > Modifications > Nouvelle-Zélande > Histoire.
Colonization
Ecology
Human ecology
Landscape changes
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Taiao.
Whanake taiao.
Whenua.
Whenua raupatu.
Whenua tautohetohe.
New Zealand > Environmental conditions.
New Zealand > Colonization.
New Zealand
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"[This book] presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonisation of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, first published in 2002, brimming with new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation, and the new landscapes and places that it produced. Unusually among environmental histories, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of change, focusing on international as well as local contexts ..."--Back cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781927322550
1927322553
9781927322536
1927322537

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