Albany Junior High School Library

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19th-century New Zealand, from 3000 BCE to today
Graeme Ball
19th-century New Zealand, from 3000 BCE to today
240 pages
illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits
Contents includes: Introduction: the short story to 1800 -- 1. Tangata whenua: origin, arrival and settlement -- 2. First contact -- 3. Contact period -- 4. The Treaty of Waitangi -- 5. After the Treaty: from 'workable accord' to 'competing assertions of sovereignty' -- 6. Migration and settlement
Summary: Expanding World, New Country: 19th Century New Zealand from 3000BCE to today, is aimed primarily at secondary students, the first such textbook in 20 years. Expanding World, New Country focuses on the long 19th century (up to WWI) during which New Zealand changed from a wholly Māori country to one dominated by Pakeha in terms of numbers, culture and political power