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What happens when two utterly different cultures meet and then collide? Beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and Cook's circumnavigation in 1770, this compelling account explores many of the themes and episodes of New Zealand's early history, from the establishment of the first Christian mission, to the annexation of New Zealand by the British, to the beginnings of the Maori rebellion and the outbreak of the Maori Wars. But this book goes beyond New Zealand's history to the heart of a present-day mixed marriage in which these two cultural and historical strands are intertwined.It is at once a cross-cultural love story and a search for understanding about what happens when two cultures collide. Transporting us back and forth in time and around the world, from Australia to Hawaii to tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New England that has ghosts of its own, "Come on Shore" brings to life a lush variety of characters and gorgeous settings. Christina Thompson seamlessly blends memoir, anthropology, romance, travelogue and history to reveal the ways in which the past is alive in all of us.
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- EditoreBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0747598150
- ISBN 13 9780747598152
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: An Unlikely Love Story
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0747598150
ISBN 13: 9780747598152
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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Feels unread. What happens when two utterly different cultures meet and then collide? Beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and Cook's circumnavigation in 1770, this compelling account explores many of the themes and episodes of New Zealand's early history, from the establishment of the first Christian mission, to the annexation of New Zealand by the British, to the beginnings of the Maori rebellion and the outbreak of the Maori Wars. But this book goes beyond New Zealand's history to the heart of a present-day mixed marriage in which these two cultural and historical strands are intertwined.It is at once a cross-cultural love story and a search for understanding about what happens when two cultures collide. Transporting us back and forth in time and around the world, from Australia to Hawaii to tribal New Zealand and finally to a house in New England that has ghosts of its own, "Come on Shore" brings to life a lush variety of characters and gorgeous settings. Christina Thompson seamlessly blends memoir, anthropology, romance, travelogue and history to reveal the ways in which the past is alive in all of us. Codice articolo 039166
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