The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict - Hardcover
The author re-examines the course of the 19th-century New Zealand wars. `The degree of Maori success in all four major wars is still underestimated -- even to the point where, in the case of one war, the wrong side is said to have won'.
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A tour de force. In a brilliant new analysis, he demolishes the received wisdom of the course and outcome of the New Zealand Wars . . . explains how we came by the version and why it is all wrong, and substitutes his own interpretation. It is a vigorous and splendidly stylish contribution to our historiography. " Dr. Ann Parsonson, ""New Zealand Listener"
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As complete and as brilliant a re-examination as one could imagine. " Dr. Bruce Collins, ""Times Higher Education Supplement""
"A tour de force. In a brilliant new analysis, he demolishes the received wisdom of the course and outcome of the New Zealand Wars . . . explains how we came by the version and why it is all wrong, and substitutes his own interpretation. It is a vigorous and splendidly stylish contribution to our historiography." --Dr. Ann Parsonson, New Zealand Listener
"As complete and as brilliant a re-examination as one could imagine." --Dr. Bruce Collins, Times Higher Education Supplement
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As complete and as brilliant a re-examination as one could imagine. " Dr. Bruce Collins, ""Times Higher Education Supplement""
"A tour de force. In a brilliant new analysis, he demolishes the received wisdom of the course and outcome of the New Zealand Wars . . . explains how we came by the version and why it is all wrong, and substitutes his own interpretation. It is a vigorous and splendidly stylish contribution to our historiography." --Dr. Ann Parsonson, New Zealand Listener
"As complete and as brilliant a re-examination as one could imagine." --Dr. Bruce Collins, Times Higher Education Supplement
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 books, including Making Peoples (1996), Paradise Reforged (2001) and Replenishing the Earth (2009), and is currently Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at Oxford University, UK and director of the Oxford Centre for Global History.
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- PublisherAuckland University Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 186940002X
- ISBN 13 9781869400026
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages396
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Book Description hardback with dustjacket. first edition. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of 'Victorian interpretation' 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. Maori, in Belich's view, won the Northern War and stalemated the British in the Taranaki War of 1860-61 only to be defeated by 18, 000 British troops in the Waikato War of 1863-64. The secret of effective Maori resistance was an innovative military system, the modern pa: a trench-and-bunker fortification of a sophistication not achieved in Europe until 1915. According to the author, 'The degree of Maori success in all four major wars is still underestimated - even to the point where, in the case of one war, the wrong side is said to have won.' First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book reshaped our understanding of the 'bitter and bloody struggles' between Maori and Pakeha in the New Zealand Wars. This bestselling classic of New Zealand history is a must-read - and Belich's larger argument about the impact of historical interpretation resonates today. Foxing to page edges, quite heavy at front, toning to title page, light glue residue to edges of enpapers, note on front endpaper, dustjacket upper spine creased. Seller Inventory # 10278314
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Book Description Hardcover. Harris, R. M. (Sketch Maps) (illustrator). RARE FIRST NEW ZEALAND EDITION! ! ! 396 p. Maps. Glossary. References. Bibliography. Index. From Wikipedia: "James Christopher Belich, ONZM (born 1956), is a New Zealand historian, known for his work on the New Zealand Wars and New Zealand history more generally. One of his major works on the 19th century clash between Maori and Pakeha, the "revisionist" study The New Zealand Wars (1986), was also published in an American edition and adapted into a television series and DVD. He is currently Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Global History. Of Croat descent, he was born in Wellington in 1956, the son of Sir James Belich, who later became Mayor of Wellington. He gained an M.A. in history at Victoria University before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1978 and travelling to Oxford to complete his D. Phil at Nuffield College. He lectured at Victoria University of Wellington for several years before moving to the University of Auckland. In 2007 he was appointed Professor of History at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University. The New Zealand Wars (1986) was based on his DPhil thesis, and won the international Trevor Reese Memorial Prize. It was later turned into a major documentary series for Television New Zealand. Belich has written a two-volume work A History of the New Zealanders, consisting of Making Peoples (1996) and Paradise Reforged (2001)." Good in good dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed stamp on t-p. DJ has some wear, wrinkling, and soiling. First published statement. Presumed first printing. Seller Inventory # 69685
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