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The musket wars : a history of inter-iwi conflict, 1806-45 / R.D. Crosby.
- Title
- The musket wars : a history of inter-iwi conflict, 1806-45 / R.D. Crosby.
- Author
- Crosby, R. D. (Ron D.)
- Publication
- Birkenhead, Auckland : Reed, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DU423.W35 .C76 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 392 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-384) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The first sparks -- Ngapuhi power unleasehd : Hongi Hika and Te Morenga -- The flames of war move south -- The conflagration spreads -- A year of reckoning -- Devastation continues -- Terrible revenge & sublime salvation -- Setting the scene in the South -- The ravages of ultimate power -- The year of change : the swing of the Ngapuhi pendulum -- The spread of musket power -- Mgati Maru strike out -- Focus on Te Waipounamu -- Nadir for Ngati Maru -- Two famous sieges : Kaiapoi & Pukerangiora -- A year of turmoil -- A calming of the storm -- The pendulum in balance -- The musket moves offshore -- The outbreak of the last major war -- A year of postioning -- A flickering of the flames -- Warfare flares again -- A momentous year -- War flames extinguished -- Appendices (Firearms of the musket wars ; Logistics & tactics)
- ISBN
- 0790006774
- OCLC
- 43432437
- SCSB-12576316
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library