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Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated, The

King, Michael

The late Michael King’s acclaimed The Penguin History of New Zealand is the local publishing phenomenon of the early twentieth century selling over 200,000 copies. The text has been hailed for its accessibility and for being positive and constructive. This is an illustrated hardback edition of the paperback. The 300 illustrations are photographs, early paintings, engravings, maps and ephemera.

Contents: Prehistory: to 1000 AD - 1. A Land Without People. Settlement to 1850 AD - 2. Seeds of Rangiatea, 3. The Great New Zealand Myth, 4. Landfall, 5. First Colonisation, 6. Te Ao Maori, 7. Distance Perforated, 8. The Arrival of Europe, 9. Maori Engage the World, 10. God and Guns, 11. A Treaty, 12. Tangata Tiriti, 13. Tangata Whenua Respond. Consolidation: to 1950 AD - 14. New Settlers Take Control, 15. A Time of Turbulence, 16. A Functioning Nation?, 17. Maori Lifeways, 18. Party Politics Begins, 20. Farmers in Charge, 21. Maori Survival, 22. Depression and Recovery, 23. Conformity and Non-conformity, 24. At War Again. Unsettlement: post-1950 AD - 25. Cracks in the Plinth, 26. Land Under Pressure, 27. A Revolution Begun, 28. Return of Mana Maori, 29. A Revolution Confirmed. Posthistory - 30. Configurations Old and New. Further Reading and Acknowledgements. Maps - Traditional Tribal Areas and Locations, New Zealand with Provincial Boundaries, North Island, South Island. Governments of New Zealand. Picture Acknowledgements. Index.

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