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The New Oxford History of New Zealand is a new, multi-authored revisionist history of Aotearoa New Zealand. The book tests the idea that New Zealand history can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant in the early twenty-first century. The book proposes instead that history and identity have been shaped by culture, community, class, region and gender, and that these have been more important than ideas of evolving nationhood. Above all, this new book responds to the need for a general re-interpretation of the 'big picture' of New Zealand history.
All the chapters in this book feature new and previously unpublished research, informed by international as well as interdisciplinary scholarship and in keeping with the aim of the book to set the agenda for future historical research imperatives. Chapters showcase research that explores trans-national, comparative and regional contexts.
The New Oxford History of New Zealand adopts a thematic approach to re-reading history. It takes a number of discrete topics as case studies and highlights particular incidents and stories to illustrate points of interest. A chronological structure within each chapter complements the overall thematic approach of the volume to enhance the book's utility as a teaching resource. The book also takes a slightly broader geographical definition of what constitutes 'New Zealand', locating Aotearoa New Zealand in wider international and regional contexts.
Contents
Preface Introduction - Reframing New Zealand History, Giselle Byrnes Part One: People, land and sea Origins, settlement and society of pre-European South Polynesia, Atholl Anderson Humans and the environment in New Zealand, about 1800 to 2000, Paul Star Part Two: Biculturalism(s)? History and Memory - the wood of the whau tree, 1766-2005, Judith Binney The State, Politics and Power, 1769-1893, Tony Ballantyne Maori Economies and Colonial Capitalism, Paul Monin Part Three: 'Settlement and Unsettlement' New Zealand's Pacific, Damon Salesa Migration and Ethnic Identities in the Nineteenth Century, Angela McCarthy The New Zealand Economy 1792-1914, Jim McAloon Colonisation, empire and gender, Katie Pickles Part Four: 'Nation(s)-making'? New Zealand's Wars, Roberto Rabel Ways of Belonging - Sporting Spaces in New Zealand History, Charlotte Macdonald The Tasman World, Philippa Mein-Smith Part Five: 'A social laboratory'? Religion and Society, John Stenhouse Constantly on the move, but going nowhere? Work, community and social mobility, Melanie Nolan The changing meanings and practices of welfare, 1840s - 1990s, Bronwyn Labrum Modernity, Consumption, and Leisure, Caroline Daley Family, Community and Gender, Angela Wanhalla Sexuality, morality and society, Chris Brickell Health and illness, 1840s-1990s, Catharine Coleborne Part Six: 'State experiments'? Maori and State Policy, Richard S Hill The New Zealand Economy, 1900-2000, Geoff Bertram New Zealand and the world: imperial, international and global relations, David Capie
