The Penguin History of New Zealand

The Penguin History of New Zealand

Author: Michael King

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 1459623754

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New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.


How to Do Local History

How to Do Local History

Author: Gavin McLean

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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Thinking of writing a history? Or commissioning one? Local historians, church and institutional historians, genealogists, thesis-writers, and the people who commission them will welcome 'How To Do Local History'. It is a brief and lively introduction to historical research, writing and publishing by a leading historian. This book explains how to use books and archives, and is full of practical tips on 'reading' the landscape, on oral history and on using illustrations effectively. The last chapter takes historians and their clients through the intricacies of internet and conventional publishing, using case studies of real books to explain terminology, scheduling, design, costing and selling. Although written for a New Zealand audience, readers in other countries will also find it useful.


Protestant Children, Missions and Education in the British World

Protestant Children, Missions and Education in the British World

Author: Hugh Morrison

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-29

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9004503080

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Hugh Morrison argues that children’s support of Protestant missionary activity since the early 1800s has been an educational movement rather than a financial one and outlines how it has shaped minds and bodies for the sake of God, empire and nation.


Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

Author: Manying Ip

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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A study of the changing Chinese community in NZ through the autobiographical accounts of eight women.


Unfolding History, Evolving Identity

Unfolding History, Evolving Identity

Author: Manying Ip

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781869402891

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The only book that comprehensively covers the fortunes of Chinese immigrants in New Zealand from the earliest encounters in the mid-1800s, to the present day (including transnationalism) offering valuable data and expert viewpoints for international study and comparision. A timely book that will strike chords with the Chinese communiities in Australia, Canada and the United states, because of the strikingly similar expieriences of members of those communities at the hands of colonial governments and sometimes xenophobic societies.


God's Empire

God's Empire

Author: Hilary M. Carey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1139494090

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In God's Empire, Hilary M. Carey charts Britain's nineteenth-century transformation from Protestant nation to free Christian empire through the history of the colonial missionary movement. This wide-ranging reassessment of the religious character of the second British empire provides a clear account of the promotional strategies of the major churches and church parties which worked to plant settler Christianity in British domains. Based on extensive use of original archival and rare published sources, the author explores major debates such as the relationship between religion and colonization, church-state relations, Irish Catholics in the empire, the impact of the Scottish Disruption on colonial Presbyterianism, competition between Evangelicals and other Anglicans in the colonies, and between British and American strands of Methodism in British North America.


New Zealand English

New Zealand English

Author: Elizabeth Gordon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-05-20

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1139451286

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New Zealand English - at just 150 years old - is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its full history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. The rich corpus of spoken language provided by New Zealand's 'mobile disk unit' has provided insight into how the earliest New Zealand-born settlers spoke, and consequently, how this new variety of English developed. On the basis of these recordings, this book examines and analyses the extensive linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone since it was first spoken in the 1850s. The authors, all experts in phonetics and sociolinguistics, use the data to test previous explanations for new dialect formation, and to challenge current claims about the nature of language change. The first ever corpus-based study of the evolution of New Zealand English, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in phonetics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology.


Mana Maori and Christianity

Mana Maori and Christianity

Author: Hugh Morrison

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1775500683

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This book examines encounters between the Christian church and Maori. Christian faith among Maori changed from Maori receiving the missionary endeavours of Pakeha settlers, to the development of indigenous expressions of Christian faith, partnerships between Maori and Pakeha in the mainline churches, and the emergence of Destiny Church. The book looks at the growth, development and adaptation of Christian faith among Maori people and considers how that development has helped shape New Zealand identity and society. It explores questions of theology, historical development, socio-cultural influence and change, and the outcomes of Pakeha interactions with Maori.