A Traveller's History of New Zealand - Couverture souple

Chambers, John H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1566565065 ISBN 13 : 9781566565066

Editeur : Interlink Books, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands gives the curious tourist not only a modern-day portrait of New Zealand and the far-flung islands, their political systems, and economic diversity, but also looks at the early settling of this massive area which covers about a fifth of the surface of the earth.

When European navigators first sailed into this region, they were astonished at the exotic shared culture and language of the natives, separated in some cases by terrifying stretches of open ocean. The story of the peopling of the South Pacific Islands and New Zealand is one of the world's great sagas.

The book covers the whole scope of New Zealand's past and present history and allows the reader to make sense of what they see in a way that no other guidebook can.

The book includes the following chapters:

Introduction: Water World

1. The Physical Environment

2. How Did the People Get There?

3. Early South Pacific Cultures

4. Special Cases: Easter Islanders, Fijians, New Zealand Maori

5. Navigators & Savants in the South Pacific

6. Conflict, Commerce, Christianity, and Colonization

7. Maori and Briton in New Zealand

8. South Pacific Britannia-New Zealand 1860-1914

9. New Zealand's World War I and World War II

10. South Pacific Nation: New Zealand since 1945

11. 'The Pacific Way': The South Pacific Islands in the 21st Century

Chronology of Major Events

Monarchs, Governors, Presidents, Prime Ministers

Historical Gazetteer

Further Reading

Illustrated + maps & line drawings

Special Topics

Firewalking in Fiji

Cannibalism in New Zealand and Fiji

Polynesian Tattooing

Hunting the Great Moa of New Zealand

How the Easter Islanders Constructed and Raised their Moai Statues

The Jon Frum Cargo Cult of Vanuatu

Biographie de l'auteur :

John H. Chambers was born in Queensland. He holds a Ph.d. from Columbia University and most recently was a visiting professor at City University of New York. Dr. Chambers has passed more than half his life in Australia and has traveled extensively in the pacific. As a teacher in Australia, he taught New Zealand history as a special topic and has also worked in New Zealand. He has five degrees from universities and colleges on three continents. He is the author of A Traveller's History of Australia and Hawaii (on-the-road histories).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Interlink Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1566565065
• ISBN 13: 9781566565066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416