New Zealand wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict / / James Belich ; cover design, Scott Crickett ; cover photograph, Lisa Truttman
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| Autore: |
Belich James <1956->
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| Titolo: |
New Zealand wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict / / James Belich ; cover design, Scott Crickett ; cover photograph, Lisa Truttman
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| Pubblicazione: | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2015 |
| ©1986 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 993.102/1 |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Zealand History 1843-1870 |
| New Zealand History New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847 | |
| New Zealand Ethnic relations | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CrickettScott |
| TruttmanLisa | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; About the author; Title page; Imprint; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 2015 edition; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: The Northern War; 1 A Limited War; 2 The Ohaeawai Campaign; 3 The Paper Victory; PART TWO: The Taranaki War; 4 A Question of Sovereignty; 5 The Intervention of the King Movement; 6 The Maori Strategy and the British Response; PART THREE: The Waikato War; 7 The Invasion of Waikato; 8 Rangiriri; 9 Paterangi and Orakau; 10 The Tauranga Campaign; PART FOUR: Titokowaru and Te Kooti; 11 A New Kind of War; 12 Titokowaru and the Brink of Victory; 13 The Turn of the Tide |
| PART FIVE: Conclusions14 The Maori Achievement; 15 The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict; Glossary of Maori Terms; References; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <div>First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book and the television series based upon it transformed New Zealanders' understanding of New Zealand's great "civil war": struggles between Maori and Pakeha in the 19th century. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Maori, in Belich's view, won the Northern War and stalemated the British i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New Zealand wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict |
| ISBN: | 1-77558-751-7 |
| 1-77558-200-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812825503321 |
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