2003, ISBN: 9780143018674

Penguin Books. Very Good. 20 x 13cm. Paperback. 2003. 563 pages.<br> New Zealand was the last country in the world to b e discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first … More...

Penguin Books. Very Good. 20 x 13cm. Paperback. 2003. 563 pages.<br> New Zealand was the last country in the world to b e discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to i ntroduce a full democracy. Between those events, and in the centu ry that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts o f human history have been played out more intensively and more ra pidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. This title tell s that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emer ges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonizing New Zealand were essent ially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a "fatal impact", coped heroically with colonization and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. The latter part of the book reveals how an insulated and dependent British colony transformed itself into a n independent nation, open to and competing with technological an d cultural influences sweeping the globe. ., Penguin Books, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 9780143018674

The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King (Paperback, 2003). Good, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], [PU: Penguin Books]