The People and the Land - Te Tangata Me Te Whenua: An Illustrated History of New Zealand 1820-1920

Allen & Unwin, 1990. Lightly creased spine with sun-fading slightly bleeding to cover. Foxing. Some shelf wear. Good overall used condition.

A visual history of a hundred years' of settlement in New Zealand. It is the story of two communities, Maori and Pakeha over the years 1820-1920. While Maori and Pakeha shared many activities and pleasures - from community brass bands to the new trade union movement, from a day at the races to a yarn in the shearing shed - the two stories here show that they saw their mutual history through very different eyes. In the early 19th century, Pakeha came to establish an `English island' in the Pacific; by the early 20th century, a recognisable nation had emerged. But for Maori the tale is one of loss and exclusion. This book reveals conflicting understandings of the past, but makes possible too the bridging of such differences through knowledge.