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I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru's War, New Zealand 1868-1869 by James Belich
60.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
"Belich tells a truly terrible, truly epic story. Titokowaru strides through his pages like a tragic figure from Greek drama." - Maurice Shadbolt
Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders From Polynesian by James Belich
47.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
A new paperback reprint of this best-selling and ground-breaking history. When first published in 1996 Making Peoples was hailed as redefining New Zealand history. It was undoubtedly the most important work of New Zealand history since Keith Sinclair's classic A History of New Zealand. Making Peoples co ...Show more
New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict by Belich James
49.99 NZD
Category: Aotearoa New Zealand Books | Reading Level: very good
Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of 'Victorian interpretation' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Maori, in Belich's view, won the North ...Show more
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld by James Belich
63.99 NZD
Category: History
Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the settler dominion ...Show more
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld by James Belich
65.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
Why does so much of the world speak English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars and The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict by James Belich
31.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of 'Victorian interpretation' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Maori, in Belich's view, won the North ...Show more
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich
69.99 NZD
Category: History
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering ...Show more
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