New Zealand As It Might Have Been 2

Author : Stephen Levine
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780864736826

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New Zealand As It Might Have Been 2 by Stephen Levine Pdf

A mix of short stories and commentaries—some whimsical, some grim—this work of creative conjecture offers a perceptive and positive new slant on significant New Zealand events and personalities. With a modest degree of adjustment, this compilation examines “what if” scenarios ranging from the historical and literary to the athletic and offers alternative conclusions. Altering the lives of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand’s most famous writer, and national hero Sir Edmund Hillary as well as revisiting New Zealand’s avoidable choice to fight alongside the Americans in Vietnam and the possible effects of a postwar visit by Winston Churchill, this second volume presents a variety of visions of a country that nearly was.

Author : Wayne Stack,Barry O’Sullivan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780961125

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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II by Wayne Stack,Barry O’Sullivan Pdf

In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Initially thrown into the doomed campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete (1941), the division was rebuilt under the leadership of MajGen Sir Bernard Freyberg, and became the elite corps within Montgomery's Eighth Army in the desert. After playing a vital role in the victory at El Alamein (1942) the 'Kiwis' were the vanguard of the pursuit to Tunisia. In 1943–45 the division was heavily engaged in the Italian mountains, especially at Cassino (1944); it ended the war in Trieste. Meanwhile, a smaller NZ force supported US forces against the Japanese in the Solomons and New Guinea (1942–44). Fully illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates, this is the story of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force's vital contribution to Allied victory in World War II.

Author : Vincent O'Malley
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781927277546

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The Great War for New Zealand by Vincent O'Malley Pdf

Spanning nearly two centuries from first contact through to settlement and apology, ​this major work focuses on the human impact of the war in the Waikato, its origins and aftermath.

Author : Frances Steel,Atholl Anderson,Tony Ballantyne,Julie Benjamin,Douglas Booth,Chris Brickell,Peter Gilderdale,David Haines,Susan Liebich,Alison MacDiarmid,Ben Maddison,Angela McCarthy,Grace Millar,Damon Salesa,Jonathan Scott,Michael J. Stevens,Jonathan West
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780947518714

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New Zealand and the Sea by Frances Steel,Atholl Anderson,Tony Ballantyne,Julie Benjamin,Douglas Booth,Chris Brickell,Peter Gilderdale,David Haines,Susan Liebich,Alison MacDiarmid,Ben Maddison,Angela McCarthy,Grace Millar,Damon Salesa,Jonathan Scott,Michael J. Stevens,Jonathan West Pdf

As a group of islands in the far south-west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand has a history that is steeped in the sea. Its people have encountered the sea in many different ways: along the coast, in port, on ships, beneath the waves, behind a camera, and in the realm of the imagination. While New Zealanders have continually altered their marine environments, the ocean, too, has influenced their lives. A multi-disciplinary work encompassing history, marine science, archaeology and visual culture, New Zealand and the Sea explores New Zealand’s varied relationship with the sea, challenging the conventional view that history unfolds on land. Leading and emerging scholars highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fascinating new perspectives on New Zealand’s pasts. ‘The ocean has profoundly shaped culture across this narrow archipelago . . . The meeting of land and sea is central in historical accounts of Polynesian discovery and colonisation; European exploratory voyaging; sealing, whaling and the littoral communities that supported these plural occupations; and the mass migrant passage from Britain.’ – Frances Steel

Author : Anna Czarnowus,Janet M. Wilson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040023402

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New Zealand Medievalism by Anna Czarnowus,Janet M. Wilson Pdf

This volume maps the phenomenon of medievalism in Aotearoa, initially as an import by the early white settler society, and as a form of nation building that would reinforce Britishness and ancestral belonging. This colonial narrative underpins the volume’s focus on the imperial relationship in chapters on the academic study of the Middle Ages, on medievalism in film and music, in manuscript and book collections, and colonial stained glass and architecture. Through the alternative 21st-century frameworks of a global Middle Ages and Aotearoa’s bicultural nationalism, the volume also introduces Maori understandings of the ancestral past that parallel the European epoch and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, the phenomenon of global right-wing medievalism, as evidenced in the Alt-right extremism underpinning the Christchurch mosque attack of 2019. The 11 chapters trace the transcultural moves and networks that comprise the shift from the 20th-century study of the Middle Ages as an historical period to manifestations of medievalism as the reception and interpretation of the medieval past in postmedieval times. Collectively these are viewed as indications of the changing public perception about the meaning and practice of the European heritage from the colonial to contemporary era. The volume will appeal to educationists, scholars, and students interested in the academic history of the Middle Ages in New Zealand; enthusiasts of film, music, and performance of the medieval; members of the public interested in Aotearoa’s history and popular culture; and all who enjoy the colourful reinventions of medievalism.

Author : Stephen I. Levine
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0864735456

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New Zealand as it Might Have Been by Stephen I. Levine Pdf

"These are the fifteen burning questions asked and answered in this ..... new book. At times playful, and at other times serious, this book is an exercise in disciplined creativity, as leading historians and political scientists re-examine key events and decisions in New Zealand's history, sensitive to possibilities that were plausible at the time, circumstances that with only a modest degree of adjustment could well have taken an entirely different turn.."-- Back cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : NYPL:33433014939767

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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand by Anonim Pdf

Author : New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2628545

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Journals of the Legislative Council of the Dominion of New Zealand by New Zealand. Parliament. Legislative Council Pdf

Author : New Zealand Institute (Wellington)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11036678

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Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute by New Zealand Institute (Wellington) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3093553

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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand by Anonim Pdf

Author : Royal Society of New Zealand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112009773067

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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand by Royal Society of New Zealand Pdf

Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.

Author : New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : UCAL:C2686163

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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand by New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives Pdf

Author : Arthur Saunders Thomson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Land grants
ISBN : NYPL:33433082445986

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The Story of New Zealand by Arthur Saunders Thomson Pdf

Author : Arthur Clifford Veatch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Mining law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010241904

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Reports on Mining Laws of Australia and New Zealand by Arthur Clifford Veatch Pdf

Author : Fodor's
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400016846

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New Zealand 2007 by Fodor's Pdf

Describes the rugged beauty of New Zealand's countryside and cities and provides accurate information on hotels, restaurants, tours, and sports including fishing and hunting