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



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Autore: Maning Frederick Edward <1812-1883.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Old New Zealand and other writings / / F.E. Maning ; edited by Alex Calder Visualizza cluster
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 It includes a revealing selection of Maning's unpublished letters, and Alex Calder contributes an introduction and notes that illuminate the works' historical, ethnog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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-30977-3
9786612309779
0-567-52049-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777803403321
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Serie: Literature of travel, exploration and empire.