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Explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial society, looking at both indigenous pasts and those of European origin. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Entangled objects: tourism and the exhibition of Maori material culture
2 Throwing stones at Napoleon: Pakeha identity and the preservation and neglect of Maori material culture
3 The art of forgetting: history, myth and the New Zealand Wars
4 When did parochialism become a dirty word?
5 ‘New Zealand is putting her historical house in order’
6 New Zealand in context: history and heritage in late nineteenth-century Canada and Australia
Index

History heritage and colonialism

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719089213, 978-0719089213
      ISBN10: 0719089212

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial society, looking at both indigenous pasts and those of European origin. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 Entangled objects: tourism and the exhibition of Maori material culture
      2 Throwing stones at Napoleon: Pakeha identity and the preservation and neglect of Maori material culture
      3 The art of forgetting: history, myth and the New Zealand Wars
      4 When did parochialism become a dirty word?
      5 ‘New Zealand is putting her historical house in order’
      6 New Zealand in context: history and heritage in late nineteenth-century Canada and Australia
      Index

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