<p>Although there have been recent works on the origins and consequences of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars, this is the first thorough reexamination of their course in over sixty years. According to the author, "The degree of Maori success in all four major wars is still underestimated--even to the point where, in the case of one war, the wrong side is said to have won." Here, Belich sets out to show how historical distortions have arisen over time revises our understanding of New Zealand history.</p>

New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict

History

James Belich

Australia & Oceania

Penguin Books (NZ)

This trail-blazing book rewrites our understanding of the wars between Maori and Pakeha, and of colonial warfare in general. It is the inspiration for the five-part television documentary series of the same name which is written and presented by James Belich.

The New Zealand Wars

Penguin

<p>The first of two planned volumes, Making Peoples begins with the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand and the development of Maori tribes in the eleventh century.</p>

Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders to 1900

Penguin??Books

The New Zealand wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict

The author re-examines the course of the 19th-century New Zealand wars. `The degree of Maori success in all four major wars is still underestimated -- even to the point where, in the case of one war, the wrong side is said to have won'.

The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict

Oxford University Press

Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders: from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

Unknown

I Shall Not Die

Bridget Williams Books

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