MANNERS AND CUSTOMS of the NEW ZEALANDERS; with Notes Corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc., and Remarks to Intending Emigrants, with Numerous Cuts Drawn on Wood. [Two volumes]

Language: English

Published by James Madden & Co., LONDON, 1840

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First Edition, Two volumes, Octavo. xxxiv,288; xviii,304, [occasional marks]. Complete set with half titles, with the folding map [closed tear], portraits, woodcuts. Original brown publishers blind-stamp cloth with decorative gilt spines, yellow endpapers. [joint wear] [ '1838, he advocated colonisation in evidence given before a House of Lords select committee of inquiry 'into the present state of the islands of New Zealand'. He also promoted New Zealand in two books based on his experiences. New Zealand, being a narrative of travels and adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837 (two volumes, 1838) and Manners and customs of the New Zealanders; with notes corroborative of their habits, usages, etc., and remarks to intending emigrants (two volumes, 1840). Polack saw unorganised European settlement as destructive of Māori society, and argued that only through systematic colonisation would the Māori survive. The Māori people would welcome colonisation by the British, he argued, and would benefit both in 'their Minds and their Bodies' through employment by 'civilized persons'. A Good Set.…

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Title
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS of the NEW ZEALANDERS; with Notes Corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc., and Remarks to Intending Emigrants, with Numerous Cuts Drawn on Wood. [Two volumes]
Author
Polack, J. S.
Publisher
James Madden & Co., LONDON
Publication year
1840
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English

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HALEWOODS. ABA. ESTABLISHED 1867. A BUSINESS OF FIVE GENERATIONS. WE OFFER A LARGE GENERAL STOCK IN MANY SUBJECTS WITH ANTIQUARIAN, OLD AND MODERN TITLES ALWAYS AVAILABLE. CATALOGUES OCCASIONALLY ISSUED. WE PURCHASE SCARCE INTERESTING BOOKS AND QUALITY BOOK COLLECTIONS. David Halewood 01772 252603. mobile 07791 733384. email dhalewood@aol.com…

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