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Making a New Land
Eric Pawson
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Description for Making a New Land
Paperback. Editor(s): Pawson, Eric; Brooking, Tom. Num Pages: 396 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 834.
Making a New Land presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonization of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, first published in 2002, brimming with new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation, and the new landscapes and places that it produced. Unusually among environmental histories, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of change, focusing on international as well as local contexts. Its 19 chapters are organized in five broadly ... Read more
Making a New Land presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonization of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, first published in 2002, brimming with new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation, and the new landscapes and places that it produced. Unusually among environmental histories, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of change, focusing on international as well as local contexts. Its 19 chapters are organized in five broadly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9781877578526
SKU
V9781877578526
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Ref
99-1
About Eric Pawson
Eric Pawson is Professor of Geography at the University of Canterbury. He is the author or co-author of three books, co-editor of five more, and of many book chapters and articles in refereed journals. Tom Brooking is Professor of History at the University of Otago where he has taught for 34 years. He is the author of six monographs, two ... Read more
Reviews for Making a New Land
"This is a good book..."
The Daily Newspaper, July 2004
The Daily Newspaper, July 2004