LEADER 03001nam 2200601 450 001 9910460818203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-77558-781-9 010 $a1-77558-778-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000348170 035 $a(EBL)1885426 035 $a(OCoLC)902415968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11852778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11389763 035 $a(PQKB)10847527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1980126 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1885426 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1980126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011549 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL680285 035 $a(OCoLC)935273578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1885426 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000348170 100 $a20150208h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAt the Margin of Empire $eJohn Webster and Hokianga, 1841 - 1900 /$fJennifer Ashton 210 1$aAuckland, New Zealand :$cAuckland University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86940-825-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Imprint""; ""Contents""; ""Map""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Making of an Imperial Man""; ""Chapter Two: Hokianga and the River Trade""; ""Chapter ThreeAmong the Queena???s People:The Northern War, 1845a???1846""; ""Chapter Four: A Voyage through the Pacific,1848a???1851""; ""Chapter Five: Hokiangaa???s Timber Baron, 1855a???1870""; ""Chapter Six: War and Politics in the 1860s""; ""Chapter Seven: Hokianga Old and New, 1870a???1890""; ""Chapter Eight: Unquiet Retirement, 1880sa???1900""; ""Epilogue""; ""Plates""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes"" 327 $a""Sources and Bibliography""""Index""; ""About the author"" 330 $aBorn 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 606 $aDramatists, English$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDramatists, English 676 $a822.3 700 $aAshton$b Jennifer $01054280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460818203321 996 $aAt the Margin of Empire$92486740 997 $aUNINA