Fantastic pasts : imaginary adventures in New Zealand history /
Wright, Matthew, 1962-
Fantastic pasts : imaginary adventures in New Zealand history / Matthew Wright. - 262 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Flash Harry and the art of the allegorical -- The iguana's tooth : Polynesians don't discover New Zealand -- Tahurangi : Southland Man lives -- Pakepakeha : the Spanish discover New Zealand -- A world fantasised : Sir Francis Drake reaches the South Seas -- Potato wars : anti-counter-history -- Rangatiratanga : a different Treaty of Waitangi -- The year they wore Dixie down : our bigger, better Britain -- Seventh state : New Zealand join Australia, 1900 -- War on wowsers : prohibition is implemented in 1919 -- One hell of an untrue story : Speed Week, 1932 -- Bleeding sky : Auckland erupts, 1932 -- Art deco Mecca : no 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake -- There is no Depression in New Zealand : a conversation with a Prime Minister -- Colonel Blimp commands : a different leader on Crete -- A division lost : no breakout at Minqar Qaim, June 1942 -- Violet lightning : Japan invades New Zealand -- Co-prosperity sphere : New Zealand occupied 1942-45 -- Golden years : an essay in possibilities -- Winter of discontent : death on tour, 1981.
The author takes a wide-ranging and tongue-in-cheek approach to how life in New Zealand could have turned out.
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Imaginary histories
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Fantastic pasts : imaginary adventures in New Zealand history / Matthew Wright. - 262 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Flash Harry and the art of the allegorical -- The iguana's tooth : Polynesians don't discover New Zealand -- Tahurangi : Southland Man lives -- Pakepakeha : the Spanish discover New Zealand -- A world fantasised : Sir Francis Drake reaches the South Seas -- Potato wars : anti-counter-history -- Rangatiratanga : a different Treaty of Waitangi -- The year they wore Dixie down : our bigger, better Britain -- Seventh state : New Zealand join Australia, 1900 -- War on wowsers : prohibition is implemented in 1919 -- One hell of an untrue story : Speed Week, 1932 -- Bleeding sky : Auckland erupts, 1932 -- Art deco Mecca : no 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake -- There is no Depression in New Zealand : a conversation with a Prime Minister -- Colonel Blimp commands : a different leader on Crete -- A division lost : no breakout at Minqar Qaim, June 1942 -- Violet lightning : Japan invades New Zealand -- Co-prosperity sphere : New Zealand occupied 1942-45 -- Golden years : an essay in possibilities -- Winter of discontent : death on tour, 1981.
The author takes a wide-ranging and tongue-in-cheek approach to how life in New Zealand could have turned out.
0143020536 9780143020530
Imaginary histories
993