Remaking the Tasman World - Couverture souple

Mein Smith, Philippa; Hempenstall, Peter; Goldfinch, Shaun

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1877257621 ISBN 13 : 9781877257629

Editeur : Canterbury University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Remaking the Tasman World' explores New Zealand’s most important and extensive relationship – with Australia – on a variety of levels over the past century. The authors present a combined narrative about a ‘Tasman world’, a working region defined by a history of traffic in ideas, policies, objects and people. This wide-ranging, fresh analysis focuses on myriad ‘communities of interest’ that have spanned the Tasman Sea for over a hundred years, yet have largely been ignored by national histories. The concept of Australasia – the British world south of Asia – may have become old hat, but a Tasman world still operated, and in an increasing rush from the 1960s. From early maps of Australasia to accounts of shared state experiments, of a trans-Tasman business world, sport and Anzac bonds, the authors unearth a common past and reorder it in a history infused with wit and insight. They also look forward, envisioning a fresh start for a trans-Tasman community facing the 21st century.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Philippa Mein Smith holds a Personal Chair in History and is Director of the New Zealand Australia Research Centre at the University of Canterbury. Her previous books are 'A Concise History of New Zealand' (2005), 'A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' (as co-author with Donald Denoon) (2000), 'Mothers and King Baby' (1997), and 'Maternity in Dispute' (1986).

Peter Hempenstall is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury. He is a Pacific historian and biographer and a frequent trans-Tasman traveller, believing that only regular transfusions of both Kiwi and Aussie culture can keep antipodeans alive and healthy. Among his books are 'Pacific Islanders under German Rule' (1978); 'The Meddlesome Priest: A life of Ernest Burgmann' (1993); and (with Paula Tanaka Mochida) 'The Lost Man: Wilhelm Solf in German history' (2005).

Shaun Goldfinch is Associate Professor at Nottingham University Business School and formerly a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Otago. He is the author of 'Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic Policy' (2000), co-author of 'Dangerous Enthusiasms: E-government, computer failure and information system development' (2006), and co-editor of 'Handbook of International Public Sector Reform' (2008).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canterbury University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1877257621
• ISBN 13: 9781877257629
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible