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The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi / Ned Fletcher.
| Title: | The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi / Ned Fletcher. |
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| Authors: | Fletcher, Ned |
| Subject Terms: | Treaty of Waitangi, Tiriti o Waitangi., Taipūwhenuatanga., Māori (New Zealand people) -- History -- 19th century. |
| Publisher Information: | Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books , 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Physical Description: | 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject Geographic: | New Zealand -- History -- 19th century. |
| Description: | "The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi emphasises that the original drafting of the Treaty by British officials in 1840 cannot be separated from the wider circumstances of that time. This context encompasses the history of British dealings with indigenous peoples throughout the Empire and the currents of thought in the mid-nineteenth century, a period of rapid change in society and knowledge. It also includes the backgrounds and motivations of those primarily responsible for framing the Treaty: British resident James Busby, Consul and future Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson, and Colonial Office official James Stephen.Through groundbreaking scholarship, Fletcher concludes that the Māori and English texts of the Treaty reconcile, and that those who framed the English text intended Māori to have continuing rights to self-government (rangatiratanga) and ownership of their lands. This original understanding of the Treaty, however, was then lost in the face of powerful forces in the British Empire post-1840, as hostility towards indigenous peoples grew alongside increased intolerance of plural systems of government."--Publisher's website. |
| Original Identifier: | OCoLC: 1371424229 |
| Document Type: | Monograph |
| File Description: | text; unmediated |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-1-990046-53-7 978-1-990046-50-6 978-1-990046-52-0 978-1-990046-51-3 |
| Rights: | Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa and licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/) |
| Accession Number: | edsnzl.9919293330902836 |
| Database: | Publications New Zealand Metadata |
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