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The quest for origins : who first discovered and settled New Zealand and the Pacific islands? / K.R. Howe.

By:

Howe, K. R [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin, 2008Edition: Revised editionDescription: 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0143008455
9780143008453

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

995.0072 22

LOC classification:

GN670 .H69 2008

Contents:

1. Contexts of inquiry -- 2. Some 'mainstream' ideas: 1760s-1860s -- 3. Some 'Mainstream' Ideas: 1860s-1940s -- 4. Current ideas: when and where? -- 5. Current ideas: how? -- 6. Alternative ideas -- 7. 'New' Learning: or old learning? -- 8. Maori origins: creating New Zealand prehistory.

Summary: In this provocative and fascinating book Howe traces dozens of explanations and theories of both pre-Maori and pre-European settlement and assesses each one. At the same time he places them in their intellectual, historical and cultural context.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	995.0072 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A439570B
Book	South Campus South Campus Main Collection	995.0072 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A391182B

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Previous ed: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.

In this provocative and fascinating book Howe traces dozens of explanations and theories of both pre-Maori and pre-European settlement and assesses each one. At the same time he places them in their intellectual, historical and cultural context.

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