In 1840, Maori chiefs met with Queen Victoria's representatives in New Zealand and signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which handed sovereignty of their country over to the British Crown. In return, they were given certain guarantees regarding their land, forests and fisheries. There is little of New Zealand left in Maori hands nowadays, but a new political assertiveness amongst young Maoris has led them to question why their people have become a disadvantaged minority. In 1984, young militants joined with their tribal elders to march to Waitingi to demand that the New Zealand Government and Crown honour the Treaty. The author writes of his experiences accompanying the Maoris on this march, and examines the background of unrest that has generated the new turbulence in New Zealand's race relations.

The Fifth Wind: New Zealand and the Legacy of a Turbulent Past

MacDonald, Robert

Hodder&Stoughton

The idea that Britain, the US and other western societies are witnessing the rise of an underclass of people at the bottom of the social heap, structurally and culturally distinct from traditional patterns of `decent' working-class life, has become increasingly popular in the 1990s. Anti-work, anti-social, and welfare dependent cultures are said to typify this new `dangerous class' and `dangerous youth' are taken as the prime subjects of underclass theories. Debates about the family and single-parenthood, about crime and about unemployment and welfare reforms have all become embroiled in underclass theories which, whilst highly controversial, have had remarkable influence on the politics and policies of governments in Britain and the US, Youth, the `Underclass' and Social Exclusion constitutes the first concerted attempt to grapple with the underclass idea in relation to contemporary youth. It focuses upon unemployment, training, the labour market, crime, homelessness, and parenting and will be essential reading for students of social policy, sociology and criminology.

Youth, The `Underclass' and Social Exclusion

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Routledge

Beath Agus Bas: MHR Droch-Dhuine (Scots Gaelic Edition)

History

Wentworth Press

Fifth Wind: New Zealand and the Legacy of a Turbulent Past

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

Maori (Threatened Cultures)

A title from the THREATENED CULTURES SERIES, with colour photographs to illustrate the plight of the native New Zealanders who are fighting for their rights to their own customs, lands, natural resources and culture.

Threatened Cultures: Maori (Threatened Cultures)

Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division

A series oof illustrated pocket guides introducing familiar and lesser-known alternative therapies. Each book covers practical techniques supplemented by simple theory and explains when self-diagnosis is appropriate or consulting a professional is a wiser option.

Alexander Technique

Nutrition

Dorling Kindersley Plc P/B

The Secrets of Alexander Technique

Ness, Caro

Fielding, Simon

Religion & Spirituality

DK Pub.

In Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonalf explores popular ideas and myths in Edwardian Britain, their use by Baden-Powell, and their influence on the Boy Scout movement. In particular, he analyses the model of masculinity provided by the imperial frontier, the view that life in younger, far-flung parts of the empre was stronger, less degenerate than in Britain. The stereotypical adventurer - the frontiersman - provided an alternative ethic to British society. The best known example of it at the time was Baden-Powell himself, a war scout, the Hero of Mafeking in the South African war, and one of the first cult heroes to be created by the modern media.
When Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908, he used both the power of the frontier myth and his own legend as a hero to galvanize the movement. The glamour of war scouting was hard to resist, its adventures a seductive invitation to the frist recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship.
MacDoanld docusments his study with a wide range of contemporary sources, from newspapers to military memoirs. Exploring the genesis of an imperial institution through its own texts, he brings new insight into the Edwardian age.

Sons of the Empire: The Frontier and the Boy Scout Movement, 1890-1918

Americas

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Discusses the training and positions available in military service which can prepare the individual for civilian careers after leaving the service

Transitions: Military Pathways to Civilian Careers (Military Opportunity)

MacDonald, Robe

Children's Books

Rosen Publishing Group

While Captain Saunders prepares to take charge of the United States Navy warship, the Catherine, and fight in the Civil War, he falls in love with his brother's wife

The Catherine

Literature & Fiction

United States

Petrocelli Books

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