Australasian and Pacific history Books
Otago University Press Unearthly Landscapes: NZ's Early Cemeteries,
Book SynopsisBy the nineteenth century the ancient urban churchyards of Britain, burdened with generations of dead, were unable to cope with rising numbers of corpses. Partially decomposed bodies were regularly disinterred and dumped in pits to free up room for the newly dead. Fears about the danger to public health eventually put an end to the urban churchyard burial grounds, and by the time settlers set sail for New Zealand large modern cemeteries were being established on the edges of towns and cities. Migrants therefore brought with them a range of burial practices. The land they arrived in already had a long tradition of Māori burial ritual and places, which would be transformed by this contact with the European world. The migrants own traditions were adapted to their new environment and society, creating burial places unique to New Zealand. Today, old cemeteries dot the countryside, but are often ignored. Yet the resting places of the dead are a reflection of the life of the surrounding community, and New Zealands early cemeteries have fascinating stories to tell. In this beautifully written and illustrated book, Stephen Deed sets out to reconnect the historic cemeteries we see today with the history of this country and its people.
£34.95
Otago University Press The Kalimpong Kids: The New Zealand story, in
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£14.25
Massey University Press The Unsettled
Book SynopsisAfter Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressive acts of colonisation and land confiscation on which those stories had been constructed.The Unsettled weaves those stories with Shaw's own and features New Zealanders who are trying to figure out how to live well with their own pasts, their presents and their possible futures. They may be unsettled, but they are doing something about it.It is an indispensable companion for the journey towards understanding the complex and difficult history of the New Zealand Wars and their ongoing aftermath.
£22.94
Massey University Press Ngatokimatawhaorua: The biography of a waka
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£31.19
Editions Heimdal Les Marines Dans l'Enfer Du Pacifique
Book SynopsisFollowing his book on the role of the 1st Marine Division in the battle of Iwo Jima, Charles Trang hs written an encyclopedic study of the Marines in the Pacific 1941-1945. Each camplaign is treated in detail individually accompamied by first-hand accounts and photos, many previously unpublished. Corregidor, Wake, Midway, Guadalcanal, Makin, Bougainville,Rabaul, Tarawa, Marshall Islands, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, bloody, pitiless battles where the Marines forged their rerputation for tenacity, implacability and professionalism rarely equalled during the Second World War. This book looks at all the various units of the USMC, orders of battle, command stuctures and profiles of all the recipients of the Medal of Honor.
£79.90
Harrassowitz Fa'a Siamani: Germany in Micronesia, New Guinea
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£66.12
Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Fur Europaische Uberseegeschichte 19
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£95.00
Universitatsverlag Winter Tracking the Ancestors: On Their Journeys Along
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£108.71
Universitatsverlag Winter Reconciliation, Representation and Indigeneity:
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£54.15
Universitatsverlag Winter The Gently Bowing Person: An Ideal Among the
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£54.00
