{"product_id":"making-sheep-country-robert-peden-9781869404857","title":"Making Sheep Country: MT Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands","description":"From the 1840s through World War I, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as large tracts of land were claimed, native vegetation was burned, and large-scale sheep farming was established for wool and, later, meat production. This record focuses on one case study in particular--John Barton Acland and the Mt Peel Station in South Canterbury, New Zealand--to explain how the pastoralists modified their environment. Providing ample insight into the farmers' world, from the sheep they bred to the rabbits, droughts, and floods they fought, this history is a sweeping portrait of the economic and ecological transformation of New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Peden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1869404858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781869404857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Auckland University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.01lbs","brand":"Robert Peden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065867972863,"sku":"9781869404857","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01303496-4ff9-49f9-834f-e435d1b98943.jpg?v=1768677758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-sheep-country-robert-peden-9781869404857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}