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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 130 pages + illustrations (some colour) on 6 plate leaves. Softcover. Page dimensions: 209 x 146mm. "In order to address the issue of whether the colonisation of New Zealand by the British was of benefit to the native people it is necessary to understand how they were living at the time of the discovery of the islands of New Zealand by the outside world, starting with Captain Cook's Endeavour in 1769, the year that changed New Zealand forever. Using the written account of eye-witnesses of the time rather than unreliable oral history or the claims of revisionist historians, this book describes the way of life of the Maoris before colonisation and the changes that came about with the introduction of British sovereignty, British law and British people as a result of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840." - from blurb on rear cover. Contents: A Humanitarian Colonisation; Food; Clothing; Housing; Transport; Hygiene; Health; Superstition; Slavery; Women; Children; Infanticide; Tribal Warfare; Cannibalism; Property Rights; Introduction of Law; Language; Fauna and Flora; Population; Welcome, White Man; Conclusion.…

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. viii, 164 pages + 21 illustrations on 6 plate leaves. Page dimensions: 209 x 147mm. "In the course of creating the New Zealand that we have today, with its law and order, property rights, personal safety and individual freedom, numerous people -both European and friendly Maori - were killed by tribal violence. They gave their lives in the cause of creating order out of anarchy [. . .] In this book some of these brave but unfortunate people are introduced to the modern reader, together with brief details of their lives and of their untimely and brutal deaths, thus bringing to life an aspect of our early history that has been overlooked for far too long. New Zealand's history is being rewritten with a new narrative in favour of the ever growing 'grievance industry'. Int he process real historical events are being swept under the carpet and out of sight if they get in the way of this new agenda." - from blurb on rear cover. …