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The colonial New Zealand wars / Tim Ryan, Bill Parham.
- Title
- The colonial New Zealand wars / Tim Ryan, Bill Parham.
- Author
- Ryan, Tim
- Publication
- Wellington, N.Z. : Grantham House, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU420.5 .R83 1986 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Parham, W. T. (William Thomas)
- Description
- 226 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Tim Ryan has collected what is probably the most complete collection of paintings and early photographs of the wars. It is an illustrated military history that describes in detail the campaigns, personalities, weapons, uniforms, fighting styles, conditions and attitudes of each side. It is not a political history of the periods.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Military history
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 218.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The Maori warrior and warfare -- Hone Heke's challenge -- British campaign dress in New Zealand in the 1840s -- The Taranaki saga begins -- British Army dress and equipment in New Zealand 1860-70 -- The advance on Rangiriri -- British Artillery in New Zealand 1845-66 -- The Maori Pa -- Battles at the bay.
- New Zealand militia, volunteers and settler companies -- Birth of the Hauhau -- War flags of the Maori -- The colonists lend a hand -- A march round Mount Egmont -- British regiments and Corps in New Zealand during the Wars of 1845-47 and 1860-70 -- New Zealand Armed Constabulary in the field -- New Zealand Armed Constabulary Field Force -- Whitmore takes command -- The Urewera expedition -- Blockhouses, forts and redoubts -- The end of the wars.
- ISBN
- 186934006X
- 1869340027 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^87113420^
- OCLC
- 16278864
- SCSB-10591323
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library