03431nam 2200613 450 991081954620332120230803022524.01-86940-781-41-77558-497-6(CKB)2550000001165826(EBL)1412015(MiAaPQ)EBC1531118(MiAaPQ)EBC1412015(Au-PeEL)EBL1531118(CaPaEBR)ebr10812410(CaONFJC)MIL582242(OCoLC)863822575(Au-PeEL)EBL1412015(OCoLC)865330267(EXLCZ)99255000000116582620130327d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHome in the howling wilderness settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand /Peter HollandAuckland, New Zealand :Auckland University Press,2013.1 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86940-739-3 1-306-16038-3 Includes bibliographical references (page 236-243) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: The New Land: Imagined from Afar, Experienced at First Hand; ONE: Maori Environmental Knowledge: An Imperfectly Realised Resource; TWO: Settlers Learning about Wind, Warmth and Rain; THREE: Exceptional Challenges: Flood and Drought, Ice and Snow; FOUR: Away with the Old: What Place for Native Plants and Animals?; FIVE: In with the New: Introduced Plants and Grazing Animals; SIX: Emerging Environmental Problems: Erosion and Declining Soil Fertility, Pest Animals and Weedy PlantsSEVEN: Opportunities to See, Hear and Compare: Meetings, Sales, Competitions and ExhibitionsEIGHT: Rural People Continuing to Learn about their Environments; APPENDIX: Words about Home: Diaries and Letters, Commercial Transactions, Newspapers and Magazines; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YDuring the nineteenth century European settlers transformed the environment of New Zealand's South Island. They diverted streams and drained marshes, burned native vegetation and planted hedges and grasses, stocked farms with sheep and cattle and poured on fertiliser. In Home in the Howling Wilderness Peter Holland undertakes a deep history of that settlement to answer key questions about New Zealand's ecological transformation. Did the settlers pursue farming regardless of the ecological consequences? Did they impose European plants, animals and farming methods on a very different enviroAgricultureNew ZealandSouth IslandHistory19th centuryColonistsNew ZealandSouth IslandHuman ecologyNew ZealandSouth IslandNatureEffect of human beings onNew ZealandSouth IslandSouth Island (N.Z.)Environmental conditionsAgricultureHistoryColonistsHuman ecologyNatureEffect of human beings on630.9937Holland Peter1939-158757MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819546203321Home in the howling wilderness3971834UNINA