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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: Auckland : Reed, 2001.

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400 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.

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History

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-384) and index.

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Contents

1. 1806-17 : the first sparks -- 2. 1818 : Ngapuhi power unleashed, Hongi Hiki and Te Morenga -- 3. 1819 : the flames of war move south -- 4. 1820 : the conflagration spreads -- 5. 1851 : a year of reckoning -- 6. 1822 : devastation continues -- 7. 1823 : Terrible revenge and sublime salvation -- 8. 1824 : Setting the scene in the south -- 9. 1825 : the ravages of ultimate powers -- 10. 1826 : the year of change, the swing of the Ngapuhi pendulum -- 11. 1827 : the spread of musket power -- 12. 1828 : Ngati Maru strike out -- 13. 1829 : Focus on Te Waipounamu -- 14. 1830 : nadir for Ngati Maru -- 15. 1831-32 : two famous sieges, Kaiapoi and Pukerangiora -- 16. 1832 : a year of turmoil -- 17. 1833 : a calming of the storm -- 18. 1834 : the pendulum in balance -- 19. 1835 : the musket moves offshore -- 20. 1836 : the outbreak of the last major war -- 21. 1837 : a year of positioning -- 22. 1838 : a flickering of the flames -- 23. 1839 : war flames again -- 24. 1840 : war flames extinguished -- Appendix A. Firearms of the musket wars -- Appendix B. Logistics and tactics.

ISBN

0790007975

OCLC

47954295
SCSB-11901520

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Harvard Library