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History of New Zealand (Volume II)

History of New Zealand (Volume II)

G W Rusden

Paperback

Australia & OceaniaNative American HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 9353606527
ISBN13: 9789353606527
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
War, land, and conscience collide in this landmark Victorian account of New Zealand's colonial era. In Volume II of G. W. Rusden's History of New Zealand, the narrative deepens into the fraught decades when the British colonisation of New Zealand reshaped a country and its people. Every page carries moral weight. Rusden traces government policy, missionary influence, Maori resistance, and settler ambition in a classic New Zealand history that reads as both a nineteenth century history book and a vivid colonial history narrative. His close attention to Maori and settler relations, contested land purchases, and the campaigns now known as the New Zealand Land Wars reveals the human cost behind official reports and parliamentary debates, opening a stark window onto colonial era New Zealand. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. For New Zealand history students, researchers seeking a primary-voice research reference on colonisation, and British Empire history readers, Rusden's work offers indispensable context, moral argument, and first-hand observation from within the Victorian Pacific world. As a cornerstone of Victorian pacific history and a touchstone for any serious pacific colonial studies collection, this carefully produced edition speaks equally to the curious general reader and to the collector who values enduring scholarship, fine historical writing, and the preservation of difficult truths.

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