Table of Contents

Series Foreword, by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling Preface and Acknowledgments Timeline of Historical Events Geography, Environment, People, and Government Eastern Polynesians Become Maori An Australasian Colony and an Apprenticeship in Race Relations, 1792-1840 Building a "Better Britain" at Someone Else's Expense, 1840-1870 Boom and Bust, 1870-1890 Britain's Experimental Farm, 1891-1914 The Most Loyal Dominion Loses Its Way, 1914-1935 The Struggle for Greater Independence, 1935-1973 Coping with a Decolonizing World, 1974-1984 Facing the Challenges of Globalization, 1984-2002 Notable People in the History of New Zealand Glossary Bibliographic Essay Index

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Brooking traces New Zealand from its earliest Maori settlers to issues in 2003, covering intertribal relations, the the challenges of globalization, and more.

About the Author

TOM BROOKING is Associate Professor of History at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He specializes in New Zealand and comparative rural and environmental history and has published five books and numerous book chapters, essays, and articles.

Reviews

"Brooking has produced an excellent volume that deserves to be well read by its target American audience....[t]his book communicates the dynamism and energy of New Zealand history. This is, after all, the story of a geographically isolated thin archipelago, located twelve hundred miles from its nearest neighbor, Australia, from whom it constantly seeks to differentiate itself. Although New Zealand was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans and can boast a number of world "firsts," Brooking neither lapses into cliche nor is tempted towards stereotype."-The Historian

?Brooking has produced an excellent volume that deserves to be well read by its target American audience....[t]his book communicates the dynamism and energy of New Zealand history. This is, after all, the story of a geographically isolated thin archipelago, located twelve hundred miles from its nearest neighbor, Australia, from whom it constantly seeks to differentiate itself. Although New Zealand was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans and can boast a number of world "firsts," Brooking neither lapses into cliche nor is tempted towards stereotype.?-The Historian