The new Oxford history of New Zealand / edited by Giselle Byrnes.
"The New Oxford History of New Zealand tests the idea that New Zealand history can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant in the early twenty-first century. The book pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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South Melbourne ; Auckland :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | "The New Oxford History of New Zealand tests the idea that New Zealand history can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant in the early twenty-first century. The book proposes instead that history and identity have been shaped by culture, community, class, region and gender, and that these have been (and remain) more important than ideas of evolving nationhood."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Reprinted in 2009. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 738 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p.599-722) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195584716 (pbk) : 9780195584714 (pbk) : |