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A Concise History of New Zealand (Cambridge Concise Histories) 2nd Edition

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New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the effects of the country's smallness and isolation, from its late settlement by Polynesian voyagers and colonisation by Europeans – and the exchanges that made these people Maori and Pakeha – to the dramatic struggles over land and recent efforts to manage global forces. A Concise History of New Zealand places New Zealand in its global and regional context. It unravels key moments – the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Anzac landing at Gallipoli, the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior – showing their role as nation-building myths and connecting them with the less dramatic forces, economic and social, that have shaped contemporary New Zealand.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1107402174
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1107402171
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    February 6, 2012
  6. Part of series
    Cambridge Concise Histories
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.84 x 8.5 inches
  9. Print length
    370 pages
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The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

About the Author

Philippa Mein Smith is Professor of History at the University of Canterbury. She is the author of Maternity in Dispute: New Zealand 1920–1939 (1986), Mothers and King Baby: Infant Survival and Welfare in an Imperial World: Australia 1880–1950 (1997) and co-author of A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (2000) and Remaking the Tasman World (2008).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (February 6, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1107402174
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1107402171
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.84 x 8.5 inches
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Momma bear.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024
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I liked it well.
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Vincent Reidy
4.0 out of 5 stars Reflections on New Zealand's Development
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2014
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I liked the reflections on the events of New Zealand's history, which I prefer rather than a solely factual account. This could appeal to a general readership as well as academics. My score reflects that I found the book easy and enjoyable to read.
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Nancy Shinno
4.0 out of 5 stars Great preparation for going to New Zealand
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The history of New Zealand at least since it was settled by the British is not very long. It is important in illustrating the clash and compromise of 2 different cultures: British and Maori
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S. Weitzenhof
3.0 out of 5 stars informative
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This book was useful since we were touring New Zealand. I did learn a lot from the book but it took me awhile to get through it.
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Larry D.
2.0 out of 5 stars Narrowly focused
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
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Hard to follow and written using a lot of native words and concepts and overly focused on the interaction between the settlers and Maori people. Not what I had hoped for in learning about New Zealand's history.
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Jonathan Miner
2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to read
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2015
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I tried several times, but just couldn't get through this book. I found the writing to be confusing and unnecessarily complicated. I'll look for another book.
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Anonymous9000
1.0 out of 5 stars Overly complicated, very in-depth, and unacceptably biased at times.
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017
Neither concise nor easy to follow, this book is far more in-depth and long-winded than I was expecting. The writing is cumbersome and topics tend to go off in different tangents. Add in the frequent occurrence of sentences and even paragraphs consisting almost exclusively of Maori words, and this book becomes quite inaccessible. For these reasons, I would not recommend this book as a simple introduction to New Zealand history.

I also found the author's often subtle, and occasional bias/opinion towards historical events to be a big turn-off. History should be factual, unbiased, and explore all perspectives of a given controversy. Snide remarks have no place in the telling of a nation's history.
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Nashville reader
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed.
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2016
Really -- no stars. Unreadable. Very disappointed.
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