The History of New Zealand

Subjects:

• Multicultural Studies » Oceania Studies
• History » World History (General)

Reviews:

• Brooking has produced an excellent volume that deserves to be well read by its target American audience....[t]his book communicates the dynamism and energy of New Zealand history. This is, after all, the story of a geographically isolated thin archipelago, located twelve hundred miles from its nearest neighbor, Australia, from whom it constantly seeks to differentiate itself. Although New Zealand was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans and can boast a number of world "firsts," Brooking neither lapses into cliche nor is tempted towards stereotype.
  —The Historian Winter 2005

Table of Contents:

• Series Foreword, by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Timeline of Historical Events
• Geography, Environment, People, and Government
• Eastern Polynesians Become Maori
• An Australasian Colony and an Apprenticeship in Race Relations, 1792-1840
• Building a "Better Britain" at Someone Else's Expense, 1840-1870
• Boom and Bust, 1870-1890
• Britain's Experimental Farm, 1891-1914
• The Most Loyal Dominion Loses Its Way, 1914-1935
• The Struggle for Greater Independence, 1935-1973
• Coping with a Decolonizing World, 1974-1984
• Facing the Challenges of Globalization, 1984-2002
• Notable People in the History of New Zealand
• Glossary
• Bibliographic Essay
• Index

PDF Catalogs:

Sale Catalog 2008.pdf