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The New Zealand Wars, A History Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period (Volume I) (1845-1864)

The New Zealand Wars, A History Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period (Volume I) (1845-1864)

Cowan, James

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Australia & OceaniaAncient RomeGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 9354441130
ISBN13: 9789354441134
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 482
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
War on the edge of empire, fought village by village across a new colony. These wars shaped New Zealand. In The New Zealand Wars, A History Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period (Volume I) (1845-1864), James Cowan offers a Maori wars historical account of the British-Maori conflicts that scarred nineteenth-century New Zealand. Focusing on 1845-1864 New Zealand, he traces the interplay of frontier settlement and war, the struggle for land and sovereignty, and the tensions left in the wake of the Treaty of Waitangi history. As both journalist and historian, Cowan writes with an eye for landscape, campaign movement and the human cost of colonial New Zealand campaigns. His narrative unites military dispatches, personal recollections and local tradition into a grounded Maori land wars book, a colonial warfare history book that neither romanticises nor softens the conflict. Volume I follows the early conflicts through to the great confrontations of the early 1860s, making it a research resource for historians and a reliable reference for students of empire, conflict and indigenous resistance. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. More than a straightforward narrative, it stands as a foundational work in New Zealand military history, appealing equally to casual readers of history, specialists in Treaty of Waitangi history and those seeking a classic colonial study to anchor any serious library.

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