Ka ngaro te reo : Māori language under siege in the nineteenth century / Paul Moon.
"In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In "Ka ngaro te reo", Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonisation that saw political, economic, cultural and...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, New Zealand :
Otago University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In "Ka ngaro te reo", Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonisation that saw political, economic, cultural and linguistic power shifting steadily into the hands of the European core. In this revelatory and hard-hitting account, Moon draws on a vast range of published and archival material, as well as oral histories and contemporary Māori accounts, to chart the tortuous journey of a language under seige in a relentless European campaign to "save the Māori Race". He also chronicles the growing committment among many Māori towards the end of the nineteenth century to ensure that the language would survive" -- Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (335 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781990048678 1990048676 |