Making a New Land: Enviromental Histories of New Zealand (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781877578526)

Making a New Land presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonization of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, first published in 2002, brimming with new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation, and the new landscapes and places that it produced. Unusually among environmental histories, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of change, focusing on international as well as local contexts. Its 19 chapters are organized in five broadly chronological parts: Encounters, Colonising, Wild Places, Modernising, and Contemporary Perspectives. These are framed by an editorial introduction and a reflective epilogue. The book is well illustrated with photographs, maps, cartoons and other graphics.

Author: Eric Pawson
ISBN-10: 1877578525
ISBN-13: 9781877578526
Publisher: Otago University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.00d