A Concise History of New Zealand Aotearoa

3. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-71673-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Cambridge Concise Histories

New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. In A Concise History of New Zealand Aotearoa, Philippa Mein Smith beautifully narrates the story of this rugged and dynamic land, from its origins in Gondwana, between 60 and 100 million years ago, its late settlement by Polynesian voyagers, and its colonisation by Europeans (and the exchanges that made these peoples Maori and Pakeha) to the dramatic struggles over land and efforts to manage global forces into the twenty-first century. The third edition continues to unravel key moments in distant and recent history – the signing and continuation of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), the Gallipoli landings, the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, and earthquakes – showing their roles in nation-building myths and connecting them with the less dramatic forces, economic and social, that have shaped contemporary New Zealand.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mein Smith, Philippa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Waka across a watery world; 2. Beachcrossers 1769–1839; 3. Claiming the land 1840–1860; 4. Remoter Australasia 1861–1890; 5. Managing globalisation 1891–1913; 6. 'All flesh is as grass' 1914–1929; 7. Making New Zealand 1930–1949; 8. Golden weather 1950–1972; 9. Latest experiments 1973–1996; 10. Treaty revival 1973–1999; 11. Shaky ground 2000–2016; 12. Beached 2017–2025.

Über Autor(innen)

Mein Smith, Philippa
Philippa Mein Smith is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. In Australia, she taught at Flinders University, South Australia, and later at the University of Tasmania. Her first two books were based on her MA and Ph.D. theses: Maternity in Dispute: New Zealand, 1920–1939 (1986) and Mothers and King Baby: Infant Survival and Welfare in an Imperial World; Australia, 1880–1950 (1997). She co-authored A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (2000) with Donald Denoon and Remaking the Tasman World (2008) with Peter Hempenstall and Shaun Goldfinch. The first two editions of A Concise History of New Zealand was published in 2005 and 2012 respectively.