Author: Thomas Milner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy and of Physical and Political Geography
Author: Thomas Milner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: New Zealand. Department of Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of New Zealand
Author: Janine Hayward
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442274395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Diverse elements have created New Zealand’s distinctive political and social culture. First is New Zealand’s journey as a colony, and the various impacts this had on settler and Maori society. The second theme is the quest for what one prominent historian has labelled ‘national obsessions’ – equality and security, both individual and collective. The third, and more recent, theme is New Zealand’s emergence as a nation with a unique identity. New Zealand’s small geographic size and relative isolation from other societies, the dominant influence of British culture, the resurgence of Maori language and culture, the endemic instability of an economy based on a narrow range of pastoral products, and the dominance of the state in the lives of its people, all help to explain much of the present-day New Zealand psyche. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of New Zealand contains a chronology, an introduction, appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about New Zealand.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442274395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Diverse elements have created New Zealand’s distinctive political and social culture. First is New Zealand’s journey as a colony, and the various impacts this had on settler and Maori society. The second theme is the quest for what one prominent historian has labelled ‘national obsessions’ – equality and security, both individual and collective. The third, and more recent, theme is New Zealand’s emergence as a nation with a unique identity. New Zealand’s small geographic size and relative isolation from other societies, the dominant influence of British culture, the resurgence of Maori language and culture, the endemic instability of an economy based on a narrow range of pastoral products, and the dominance of the state in the lives of its people, all help to explain much of the present-day New Zealand psyche. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of New Zealand contains a chronology, an introduction, appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about New Zealand.
The Statesman's Year Book: 1992-93
Author: B. Hunter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271219
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1740
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271219
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1740
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88
Author: J. Paxton
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271162
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1731
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271162
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1731
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Seeds of Empire
Author: Tom Brooking
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857719203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The traditional image of New Zealand is one of verdant landscapes with sheep grazing on lush green pastures. Yet this landscape is almost entirely an artificial creation. As Britain became increasingly reliant on its overseas territories for supplies of food and raw material, so all over the Empire indigenous plants were replaced with English grasses to provide the worked up products of pasture - meat, butter, cheese, wool, and hides. In New Zealand this process was carried to an extreme, with forest cleared and swamps drained. How, why and with what consequences did the transformation of New Zealand into these empires of grass occur? 'Seeds of Empire' provides both an exciting appraisal of New Zealand's environmental history and a long overdue exploration of the significance of grass in the processes of sowing empire.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857719203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The traditional image of New Zealand is one of verdant landscapes with sheep grazing on lush green pastures. Yet this landscape is almost entirely an artificial creation. As Britain became increasingly reliant on its overseas territories for supplies of food and raw material, so all over the Empire indigenous plants were replaced with English grasses to provide the worked up products of pasture - meat, butter, cheese, wool, and hides. In New Zealand this process was carried to an extreme, with forest cleared and swamps drained. How, why and with what consequences did the transformation of New Zealand into these empires of grass occur? 'Seeds of Empire' provides both an exciting appraisal of New Zealand's environmental history and a long overdue exploration of the significance of grass in the processes of sowing empire.
The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94
Author: B. Hunter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271227
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1746
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271227
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1746
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Quaternary Extinctions
Author: Paul S. Martin
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511006
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
What caused the extinction of so many animals at or near the end of the Pleistocene? Was it overkill by human hunters, the result of a major climatic change or was it just a part of some massive evolutionary turnover? Questions such as these have plagued scientists for over one hundred years and are still being heatedly debated today. Quaternary Extinctions presents the latest and most comprehensive examination of these questions. ÑGeological Magazine "May be regarded as a kind of standard encyclopedia for Pleistocene vertebrate paleontology for years to come." ÑAmerican Scientist "Should be read by paleobiologists, biologists, wildlife managers, ecologists, archeologists, and anyone concerned about the ongoing extinction of plants and animals." ÑScience "Uncommonly readable and varied for watchers of paleontology and the rise of humankind." ÑScientific American "Represents a quantum leap in our knowledge of Pleistocene and Holocene palaeobiology. . . . Many volumes on our bookshelves are destined to gather dust rather than attention. But not this one." ÑNature "Two strong impressions prevail when first looking into this epic compendium. One is the judicious balance of views that range over the whole continuum between monocausal, cultural, or environmental explanations. The second is that both the data base and theoretical sophistication of the protagonists in the debate have improved by a quantum leap since 1967." ÑAmerican Anthropologist
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511006
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
What caused the extinction of so many animals at or near the end of the Pleistocene? Was it overkill by human hunters, the result of a major climatic change or was it just a part of some massive evolutionary turnover? Questions such as these have plagued scientists for over one hundred years and are still being heatedly debated today. Quaternary Extinctions presents the latest and most comprehensive examination of these questions. ÑGeological Magazine "May be regarded as a kind of standard encyclopedia for Pleistocene vertebrate paleontology for years to come." ÑAmerican Scientist "Should be read by paleobiologists, biologists, wildlife managers, ecologists, archeologists, and anyone concerned about the ongoing extinction of plants and animals." ÑScience "Uncommonly readable and varied for watchers of paleontology and the rise of humankind." ÑScientific American "Represents a quantum leap in our knowledge of Pleistocene and Holocene palaeobiology. . . . Many volumes on our bookshelves are destined to gather dust rather than attention. But not this one." ÑNature "Two strong impressions prevail when first looking into this epic compendium. One is the judicious balance of views that range over the whole continuum between monocausal, cultural, or environmental explanations. The second is that both the data base and theoretical sophistication of the protagonists in the debate have improved by a quantum leap since 1967." ÑAmerican Anthropologist
An Annotated Bibliography of Climatic Atlases and Charts of the World: Land areas
Author: Henry Hacia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
New Zealand Journal of Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description