Home in the howling wilderness : settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand /
Holland, Peter, 1939-
Home in the howling wilderness : settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand / Peter Holland. - viii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-243) and index.
The new land: imagined from afar, experienced at first hand -- Maori environmental knowledge: an imperfectly realised resource -- Settlers learning about wind, warmth and rain -- Exceptional challenges: flood and drought, ice and snow -- Away with the old: what place for native plants and animals? -- In with the new: introduced plants and grazing animals -- Emerging environmental problems: erosion and declining soil fertility, pest animals and weedy plants -- Opportunities to see, hear and compare: meetings, sales, competiitions and exhibitions -- Rural people continuning to learn about their environments -- Appendix. Words about home: diaries and letters, commercial transactions, newspapers and magazines.
1869407393 9781869407391
Agriculture--History--New Zealand--South Island--19th century.
Human ecology--New Zealand--South Island
Nature--Effect of human beings on--New Zealand--South Island
Colonists--New Zealand--South Island
South Island (N.Z.)--Environmental conditions.
630.9937
Home in the howling wilderness : settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand / Peter Holland. - viii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-243) and index.
The new land: imagined from afar, experienced at first hand -- Maori environmental knowledge: an imperfectly realised resource -- Settlers learning about wind, warmth and rain -- Exceptional challenges: flood and drought, ice and snow -- Away with the old: what place for native plants and animals? -- In with the new: introduced plants and grazing animals -- Emerging environmental problems: erosion and declining soil fertility, pest animals and weedy plants -- Opportunities to see, hear and compare: meetings, sales, competiitions and exhibitions -- Rural people continuning to learn about their environments -- Appendix. Words about home: diaries and letters, commercial transactions, newspapers and magazines.
1869407393 9781869407391
Agriculture--History--New Zealand--South Island--19th century.
Human ecology--New Zealand--South Island
Nature--Effect of human beings on--New Zealand--South Island
Colonists--New Zealand--South Island
South Island (N.Z.)--Environmental conditions.
630.9937