The island broken in two halves: land and renewal movements among the Maori of New Zealand

"Why should anyone outside New Zealand be interested in Maori history? Because it is rich in documents that recapitulate five hundred years of European imperial expansion and the responses to it by indigenous peoples. British humanitarians tried to avoid in New Zealand the tragic mistakes the C...

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1. Verfasser: Rosenfeld, Jean E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Hermeneutics
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Zusammenfassung:"Why should anyone outside New Zealand be interested in Maori history? Because it is rich in documents that recapitulate five hundred years of European imperial expansion and the responses to it by indigenous peoples. British humanitarians tried to avoid in New Zealand the tragic mistakes the Crown made in Australia, where aboriginal tribes were nearly exterminated in some cases and severely marginalized in others." "The Maori "history of struggle" is unique only in its relative success. The British enterprise of colonization and Christianization stimulated the formation of Maori renewal movements to hold fast to their threatened land. The study of these movements elucidates how human beings in general use the sacred to bridge the abyss between old and new worlds during the trauma of invasion and why people turn to religion as a paramount means of salvation from despair."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XI, 322 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0271018526

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