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The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
James Belich
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Description for The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
Paperback. First published in 1986, James BelichAEs groundbreaking book transformed New ZealandersAE understanding of the obitter and bloody struggleso between Maori and Pakeha in the nineteenth century. This bestselling classic of New Zealand history is a must-read u and BelichAEs larger argument about the impact of historical interpretation resonates today. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; HBW; JFSL9; JWKT; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book and the television series based upon it transformed New Zealanders' understanding of the 'bitter and bloody struggles' between M?ori and P?keh? in the nineteenth century. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of M?ori, and the inability of the 'Victorian interpretation of racial conflict' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. M?ori, in Belich's view, won the Northern War and stalemated the British in the Taranaki War of 1860-61 only to be defeated by ... Read more
First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book and the television series based upon it transformed New Zealanders' understanding of the 'bitter and bloody struggles' between M?ori and P?keh? in the nineteenth century. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of M?ori, and the inability of the 'Victorian interpretation of racial conflict' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. M?ori, in Belich's view, won the Northern War and stalemated the British in the Taranaki War of 1860-61 only to be defeated by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869408275
SKU
V9781869408275
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About James Belich
James Belich was born in Wellington, USA in 1956 and took his BA and MA degrees in history at Victoria University, Australia, . He completed a doctorate at Oxford, UK in 1981 while on a Rhodes Scholarship and has taught at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, Australia . Belich is the author of numerous ... Read more
Reviews for The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
James Belich's book is a tour de force. In a brilliant new analysis, he demolishes the received wisdom of the course and outcome of the New Zealand Wars... It is a vigorous and splendidly stylish contribution to our historiography. - The New Zealand Listener