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New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict

ISBN: 9781869408275 ;ISBN: 1869408276 ;EISBN: 9781869404932 ;EISBN: 1869404939 ;EISBN: 9781775587514 ;EISBN: 1775587517 ;OCLC: 862828989 ;OCLC: 904596701 ;OCLC: 1023546000 ;OCLC: 946520145

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  • Title:
    New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
  • Author: Belich, James
  • Subjects: 1843-1870 ; Ethnic relations ; History ; Kōrero nehe ; Maori (New Zealand people) ; New Zealand ; New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847 ; New Zealand-History-1843-1870 ; New Zealand-History-New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847 ; New Zealand-History-New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872 ; Noho-ā-iwi ; Ringa kaha
  • Description: The New Zealand Wars is a powerful revisionist history. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of the 'Victorian interpretation of racial conflict' to acknowledge those qualities, this account of the New Zealand Wars changed how the country's history was understood. Belich undertakes a complete reinterpretation of the crucial episode in New Zealand history and the result is a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Maori, in this new view, won the Northern War and stalemated the British in the Taranaki War of 1860–61 only to be defeated by 18,000 British troops in the Waikato War of 1863–64. The secret of effective Maori resistance was an innovative military system, the modern pa, a trench-and-bunker fortification of a sophistication not achieved in Europe until 1915. According to the author: 'The degree of Maori success in all four major wars is still underestimated – even to the point where, in the case of one war, the wrong side is said to have won.' Here, Belich sets out to show how historical distortions have arisen over time and revises our understanding of New Zealand history by using fresh evidence and a systematic re-analysis of old evidence.
  • Publisher: Auckland: Auckland University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 402
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781869408275
    ISBN: 1869408276
    EISBN: 9781869404932
    EISBN: 1869404939
    EISBN: 9781775587514
    EISBN: 1775587517
    OCLC: 862828989
    OCLC: 904596701
    OCLC: 1023546000
    OCLC: 946520145
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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