Old New Zealand and other writings / / F.E. Maning ; edited by Alex Calder

• Autore: Maning Frederick Edward <1812-1883.>
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Leicester University Press, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 993.02/2
• Soggetto topico: Māori (New Zealand people) - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: New Zealand Description and travel; New Zealand History 19th century
• Altri autori: CalderAlex
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Note on Texts; History of the War in the North of New Zealand, Against the Chief Heke (1862); Editor's Notes; Old New Zealand; A Tale of the Good Old Times (1863); Editor's Notes; Appendix: Selected Letters 'The Native Question'; Editor's Notes to the Appendix; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Old New Zealand (1863), F.E. Maning recalls living alongside Maori in ""the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that."" His account of the early contact period is widely acknowledged to be a masterpiece of some sort, but the extent to which it is fiction, autobiography, ethnography, history, or satire remains a matter for debate. This is the first scholarly edition of Maning's writings. It includes a revealing selection of Maning's unpublished letters, and Alex Calder contributes an introduction and notes that illuminate the works' historical, ethnog
• Titolo autorizzato: Old New Zealand and other writings
• ISBN: 1-282-30977-3; 9786612309779; 0-567-52049-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777803403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literature of travel, exploration and empire.