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Autore |
Ashton Jennifer |
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Titolo |
At the Margin of Empire : John Webster and Hokianga, 1841 - 1900 / / Jennifer Ashton |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-77558-781-9 |
1-77558-778-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dramatists, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Imprint""; ""Contents""; ""Map""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Making of an Imperial Man""; ""Chapter Two: Hokianga and the River Trade""; ""Chapter ThreeAmong the Queen�s People:The Northern War, 1845�1846""; ""Chapter Four: A Voyage through the Pacific,1848�1851""; ""Chapter Five: Hokianga�s Timber Baron, 1855�1870""; ""Chapter Six: War and Politics in the 1860s""; ""Chapter Seven: Hokianga Old and New, 1870�1890""; ""Chapter Eight: Unquiet Retirement, 1880s�1900""; ""Epilogue""; ""Plates""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes"" |
""Sources and Bibliography""""Index""; ""About the author"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Born in Scotland in 1818, John Webster came to New Zealand via Australia in 1841 (after a violent encounter in the outback which he just escaped unscathed) and spent most of the rest of his life in Hokianga. At the Margin of Empire charts his colourful experiences carving out a fortune as the region's leading timber trader and cultivating connections with the leading figures of the day, Maori and Pakeha. Webster fought alongside Tamati Waka Nene in the Northern War, married one of Nene's relatives and built up his kauri timber business through trade with local chiefs (though at one point awoke |
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