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A book of New Zealand / edited by J.C. Reid and P. Cape.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Collins, 1979Edition: Revised and enlarged editionDescription: xx, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0002169428
  • 9780002169424
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Book of New Zealand.; No titleDDC classification:
  • 993.1 19
  • 820.80993 23
LOC classification:
  • DU412 .R43 1979
Partial contents:
Introduction / J.C. Reid, Peter Cape -- Prologue. New Zealand / William Pember Reeves -- The Islands / Charles Brasch -- History -- Places -- The land -- People, great and small -- The Maori -- Humour and sentiment -- Amusements and sports Poems, songs and ballads -- Traditions, customs and beliefs.
Summary: Following Professor J.C. Reid's untimely death, Peter Cape was asked to revise this book for a new edition and bring it up to date. From the discovery of New Zealand in 1642 by Abel Tasman to the present day, there's been no lack of discerning chronicles of its pioneering life and of the gradual emergence of a distinctive society in New Zealand. With the development of a vigorous native literature, the New Zealand imagination, too, has revealed itself as a highly individual one. Drawing generously upon both records and creative writing, J.C. Reid and Peter Cape have produced a wide-ranging anthology which gives a vivid impression of the country, its history and its people.
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Includes index.

Introduction / J.C. Reid, Peter Cape -- Prologue. New Zealand / William Pember Reeves -- The Islands / Charles Brasch -- History -- Places -- The land -- People, great and small -- The Maori -- Humour and sentiment -- Amusements and sports Poems, songs and ballads -- Traditions, customs and beliefs.

Following Professor J.C. Reid's untimely death, Peter Cape was asked to revise this book for a new edition and bring it up to date. From the discovery of New Zealand in 1642 by Abel Tasman to the present day, there's been no lack of discerning chronicles of its pioneering life and of the gradual emergence of a distinctive society in New Zealand. With the development of a vigorous native literature, the New Zealand imagination, too, has revealed itself as a highly individual one. Drawing generously upon both records and creative writing, J.C. Reid and Peter Cape have produced a wide-ranging anthology which gives a vivid impression of the country, its history and its people.

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