A concise history of New Zealand /
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Edición: | Second edition. |
Colección: | Cambridge concise histories.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Waka across a watery world
- Beachcrossers 1769-1839
- Claiming the land 1840-1860
- Remoter Australasia 1861-1890
- Managing globalisation 1891-1913
- "All flesh is as grass" 1914-1929
- Making New Zealand 1930-1949
- Golden weather 1950-1972
- Latest experiments 1973-1996
- Treaty revival 1973-1999
- Shaky ground : seismic shifts 2000-2011
- Glossary of Maori words
- Timeline.