The Story of New Zealand : Past and Present, Savage and Civilized Paperback / softback
by Arthur S. Thomson
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania series
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Arthur S. Thomson (1816–60) was a Scottish military surgeon and medical scientist who was posted to New Zealand in the late 1840s.
During his eleven years in the country, settlement increased and British sovereignty over the colony was extended.
Thomson felt that previous historical accounts of New Zealand all demonstrated a certain political, colonial or religious bias, and decided to write his own comprehensive history of the islands, which was published in 1859.
Volume 1 begins with a focus on the geography and climate of New Zealand.
Thomson then describes the physical appearance of the New Zealanders, their way of life, their culture, their property laws and the origin of their (now abandoned) cannibalism.
Next he describes the history of discovery and settlement by Europeans, who brought 'true civilisation' to the islands.
Thomson gives especial credit to the Christian missionaries for having introduced progress and enlightenment.
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- Pages:366 pages, 6 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/2011
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- ISBN:9781108039536
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:366 pages, 6 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/2011
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- ISBN:9781108039536
