From the tale of One Tree Hill and a mysterious suicide to the wreck of the HMS Orpheus, the personalities, feuds, and dramas of 19th-century Auckland are brilliantly brought to life in this charming
The life of one of New Zealand’s greatest scholars, J. C. Beaglehole, is presented through firsthand writings, including previously unpublished letters,?in this comprehensive volume. A prolific writer
Polly Evans was a woman with a mission. Before the traditional New Zealand male hung up his sheep shears for good, Polly wanted to see this vanishing species with her own eyes. Venturing into the land
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sen
No settlement in New Zealand can claim a past as colourful and chequered as that of Kororareka, in the Bay of Islands, later to become Russell. In the 1830s it was such a wild place that it earned the
By exploring New Zealand's centennial celebration in 1940, this volume paints a vivid picture of New Zealanders and how they perceived themselves and their relationships to the world at that time. Det
Nga Tai Matatu: Tides of Maori Endurance describes and analyzes the position of the Maori people and Maori interests at the start of the third millennium. It also recognises the journeys from the past
In the tradition of Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in Provence, here is Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson’s ode to his personal paradise–his adopted home, New Zealand. After living in California, why did Mas
Contemporary theories about oral history as well as practical strategies for conducting oral history research are included in this collection of essays. General issues that arise during oral history r
With its closest neighbor some 1,200 miles away, New Zealand is one of the most geographically isolated countries in the world. Its remoteness led to its relatively late settlement. Brooking traces N
In a unique ABC tour of the island country of New Zealand, readers can find out about the thousands of plants and creatures that can't be found anywhere else in the world.
In his massive sequel to Making Peoples: a history of New Zealanders from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century Belich (history, U. of Auckland) carries the history of New Zeala
Short think-pieces by leading writers that explore connections between aspects of public history and New Zealand history in general. Subjects include new media, Treaty claims research, official war hi
This is a unique ethnography that follows in the tradition of the highly successful book by Marjorie Shostak (NISA: THE LIFE AND WORDS OF A !KUNG WOMAN.) Here, the voice of Heeni, a relative of the cu
An extraordinary new book reveals sympathy for Maori from an unusual supporter – an Italian priest. The book,History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants, has waited over a century to be translated into
In order to the make clear to American readers the position today of the Maori people of New Zealand, Alves (Australian and New Zealand studies, Georgetown U.) traces the history of their relationship
Part of a large study of diaspora Jews worldwide in comparison with those in Israel, based on Daniel Elazer's People and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of World Jewry (1989). Levine (politics, Vi
Beattie had a strong sense that traditional knowledge needed to be recorded fast. For twelve months, he interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury, and from Nelson and Westland. He als
