The New Oxford History of New Zealand
The New Oxford History of New Zealand

Author: Giselle Byrnes

Publisher: OUP Australia & New Zealand

Published: 2009-10-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195584714

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The New Oxford History of New Zealand is a new, multi-authored revisionist history of Aotearoa New Zealand. The book tests the idea that New Zealand history can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant in the early twenty-first century. The book proposes instead that history and identity have been shaped by culture, community, class, region and gender, and that these have been more important than ideas of evolving nationhood. Above all, this new book responds to the need for a general re-interpretation of the 'big picture' of New Zealand history.

The Oxford History of New Zealand
The Oxford History of New Zealand

Author: Geoffrey Rice

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 755

ISBN-13: 9780195582574

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When The Oxford History of New Zealand was first published in 1981 it was acclaimed as the standard reference. The turbulent 1980s have changed much about the way we see New Zealand and its history. Some of these new ways of regarding the past have arisen, directly or obliquely, from the activities of the Waitangi tribunal and the wealth of scholarship, Maori and Pakeha, which now surrounds the treaty of Waitangi. Others come from the events of the 1980s, with their profound social, political, and economic consequences. This new edition provides coverage of the last decade, and takes account of recent historical writing. Six new chapters have been added, and many others have been enlarged or updated, making this a substantially revised and expanded second edition. As before, the book draws upon the work of archaeologists, social scientists, economists, historians, and critics, to provide a comprehensive account of New Zealand's past from the first Polynesian settlement to the present day. Like its predecessor, it is essential reading for every student, scholar, and teacher of New Zealand history, and for the general reader, curious to know about New Zealand's past.

The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand
The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand

Author: Keith Sinclair

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780195583816

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Bringing one thousand years of history to life, this is an illustrated history of New Zealand from the settlement by Polynesians to the present day. The book covers the period of colonisation after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the wars between the Maori and the British Army of the 1860s, the beginning of party government in the 1890s, votes for women in 1893, fighting in South Africa and Europe, the Depression, the Maori drift to towns, the influx of Pacific Islanders, and the economic reforms since the fourth Labour Government. Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged expert in his or her field, and a new chapter by Dr Jack Vowles brings the book fully up to date.

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History

Author: Ian C. McGibbon

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13:

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"This book is the most comprehensive guide yet to New Zealand's rich and varied military history. It is supplemented with 150 photographs and more than forty maps, as well as lists of important office-holders. It is a must for students, specialists, and anyone interested in New Zealand's military history and the effect of war on its society."--BOOK JACKET.

The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English

Author: Terry Sturm

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13:

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The first comprehensive history of New Zealand literature, this volume includes chapters on the novel, poetry, and the short story, as well as sections on drama, non-fiction, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage, and literary magazines. While it features major authors, this history also contains information on little-known authors and forgotten periods in New Zealand's literary history, providing more comprehensive information on the subject than has ever appeared in a single volume before.

The Oxford History of New Zealand Music
The Oxford History of New Zealand Music

Author: John Mansfield Thomson

Publisher: Auckland ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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The Maori world of music - The frontier: explorers, sealers, whalers and missionaries - Music in the first settlements: On the voyage - Wellington, 1840-1870 - Auckland, 1840-1865 - Dunedin, 1848-1865 - Canterbury, 1851-1900 - The regions and the West Coast goldfields; Themes and variations: The colonial ball - Military and brass bands - Folk-music - Opera - Colonial choral societies and their successors - Orchestral patterns from the 19th century to the NZSO - Michael Balling at the Nelson Conservatorium; The world beyond: Visiting artists - The Sheffield Choir, 1911 - Henri Verbrugghen and the New South Wales State Orchestra, 1920 and 1922; Musical media: Silent film music - The rise of the gramophone and player piano - The growth of broadcasting - Music journals; The NZ performer: Introduction - Singers - Instrumentalists - Conductors; Meeting of 2 cultures: Waiata a ringa - Maori concert groups and solo artists - Recording Maori music - The two cultures today; Growth of a composing tradition: Early colonial composers and their publications - Alfred Hill - Douglas Lilburn - Composers since Lilburn (Carr, Pruden, Tremain and others) - New influences; Music in education; Instrument making in New Zealand.

The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English

Author: Terry Sturm

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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This is the most comprehensive history of New Zealand literature to have been published. It offers chapters on the novel, poetry, and on the short story, which have been the staple of earlier histories and surveys, as well as sections on drama, non-ficiton, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage and literary magazines. In this major new edition, material is provided on the period from 1986-1996, and a new chapter has been included on literary scholarship, criticism, and theory.

The New Zealand Project
The New Zealand Project

Author: Max Harris

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0947492593

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By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism – these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political imagination unequal to the enormity of these issues? And why is this gulf particularly apparent to young New Zealanders? These questions sit at the centre of Max Harris’s ‘New Zealand project’. This book represents, from the perspective of a brilliant young New Zealander, a vision for confronting the challenges ahead. Unashamedly idealistic, The New Zealand Project arrives at a time of global upheaval that demands new conversations about our shared future.