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The edges of empires : New Zealand in the middle of the nineteenth century / Paul Moon.
- Title
- The edges of empires : New Zealand in the middle of the nineteenth century / Paul Moon.
- Author
- Moon, Paul
- Publication
- Auckland, N.Z. : David Ling Pub., 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU420.16 .M539 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 240 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Historian Paul Moon provides a captivating and intimate account of New Zealand in the 1850s. He shines a powerful light on this previously obscured decade and in doing so, has illuminated one of the most significant periods in the country's history, with an eye for colourful detail and often wry observations of the personalities and events of the time."--wadsworthsbooks.co.nz.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The desolation of reality -- After years of plenty... -- States of New Zealand -- Tempered alchemy -- 'Destroying the vital principle' -- 'Distress and misunderstanding' -- Mean understanding and uncertain temper -- Dying majesty -- Head to head -- Apocalypse rising.
- ISBN
- 9781877378263 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2009286997
- OCLC
- 319603042
- SCSB-12497405
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library