LEADER 03431nam 2200613 450 001 9910819546203321 005 20230803022524.0 010 $a1-86940-781-4 010 $a1-77558-497-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001165826 035 $a(EBL)1412015 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1531118 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1412015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1531118 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10812410 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL582242 035 $a(OCoLC)863822575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1412015 035 $a(OCoLC)865330267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001165826 100 $a20130327d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHome in the howling wilderness $esettlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand /$fPeter Holland 210 1$aAuckland, New Zealand :$cAuckland University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86940-739-3 311 $a1-306-16038-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 236-243) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Plants 327 $aSEVEN: 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; Y 330 $aDuring 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 enviro 606 $aAgriculture$zNew Zealand$zSouth Island$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aColonists$zNew Zealand$zSouth Island 606 $aHuman ecology$zNew Zealand$zSouth Island 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zNew Zealand$zSouth Island 607 $aSouth Island (N.Z.)$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory 615 0$aColonists 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on 676 $a630.9937 700 $aHolland$b Peter$f1939-$0158757 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819546203321 996 $aHome in the howling wilderness$93971834 997 $aUNINA