text Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all : a New Zealand story
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Relates the author's marriage as an American middle-class student to a Maori tradesman from a background of rural poverty, and explores their relationship within the wider context of the cultural clash between Europeans and Maoris throughout New Zealand's history.
- Contents
- Paihia -- Abominably saucy -- Mangonui -- Terra incognita -- Present perfect -- The venus -- A natural gentleman -- A dangerous people -- Smoked heads -- Turston's land deeds -- Nana Miri -- Hawaiki -- Once were warriors -- Gu, choki, pa -- Matari... Read more
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- Description
- xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury 2008
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 993.01 THO in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 993.01 THO in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
Maori (New Zealand people) First contact with Europeans
Europeans New Zealand History
Culture conflict New Zealand History
Frontier and pioneer life New Zealand
New Zealand Race relations History 18th century
New Zealand Race relations History 19th century
Thompson, Christina 1959- Marriage
Interracial marriage New Zealand Case studies
Americans New Zealand Biography
Maori (New Zealand people) Biography
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 993.01 THO in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
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