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A dream deferred : the origins of ethnic conflict in New Zealand / David Pearson.
- Title
- A dream deferred : the origins of ethnic conflict in New Zealand / David Pearson.
- Author
- Pearson, David G.
- Publication
- Wellington ; Boston : Allen & Unwin : Port Nicholson Press, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DU422.5 .P45 1990 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 301 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- David Pearson unravels the historical relations between major ethnic groups. His is a wide-ranging analysis, encompassing relations between Maori and Pakeha , the peoples of Polynesia and Melanesia, and those of Chinese and Indian ancestry. The book raises questions crucial to all New Zealanders - among them the issues of Pakeha nationalism, the Treaty of Waitangi, and the meanings of multiculturalism and biculturalism.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-292) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Concepts and perspectives -- 2. Settler colonialism and tribal society -- 3. Sojourners and settlers -- 4. Labour migrations -- 5. Patterns of dominance -- 6. Minority politics -- 7. A dream deferred.
- ISBN
- 0046410511
- LCCN
- ^^^90174494^
- OCLC
- 22274536
- SCSB-11282450
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library