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The musket wars : a history of inter-iwi conflict, 1806-45 / R.D. Crosby.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Libro International, 2012Description: 400 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1877514446
  • 9781877514449
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.01 23
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in an electronic ed.
Contents:
Introduction / Michael King -- Chronology -- Protagonists -- 1. 1806-17: the first sparks -- 2. 1818: Ngapuhi power unleashed: Hongi Hika and Te Morenga -- 3. 1819: the flames of war move south -- 4. 1820: The conflagration spreads -- 5. 1821: a year of reckoning -- 6. 1822: devastation continues -- 7. 1823: Terrible revenge and sublime salvation -- 8. 1824: setting the scene in the south -- 9. 1825: The ravages of ultimate power -- 10. 1826: The year of change: the swing of the Ngapuhi pendulum -- 11. 1827: the spread of musket power -- 12. 1828: Ngati Maru strike out -- 13. 1829: focus on Te Waipounamu [South Island] -- 14. 1830: nadir for Ngati Maru -- 15. 1831-32: two famous sieges: Kaiapoui and Pukerangiora -- 16. 1832: a year of turmoil -- 17. 1833: a calming of the storm -- 18. 1834: the pendulum in balance -- 19. 1835: the musket moves offshore -- 20. 1836: the outbreak of the last major war -- 21. 1837: a year of positioning -- 22. 1838: a flickering of the flames -- 23. 1839: warfare flares again -- 24. 1840: a momentous year -- 25. 1841-45: war flames extinguished -- Appendix A. Firearms of the Musket Wars -- Appendix B. Logistics and tactics.
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"With an introduction by Michael King"--Cover.

Previous ed.: Reed, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-392) and index.

Introduction / Michael King -- Chronology -- Protagonists -- 1. 1806-17: the first sparks -- 2. 1818: Ngapuhi power unleashed: Hongi Hika and Te Morenga -- 3. 1819: the flames of war move south -- 4. 1820: The conflagration spreads -- 5. 1821: a year of reckoning -- 6. 1822: devastation continues -- 7. 1823: Terrible revenge and sublime salvation -- 8. 1824: setting the scene in the south -- 9. 1825: The ravages of ultimate power -- 10. 1826: The year of change: the swing of the Ngapuhi pendulum -- 11. 1827: the spread of musket power -- 12. 1828: Ngati Maru strike out -- 13. 1829: focus on Te Waipounamu [South Island] -- 14. 1830: nadir for Ngati Maru -- 15. 1831-32: two famous sieges: Kaiapoui and Pukerangiora -- 16. 1832: a year of turmoil -- 17. 1833: a calming of the storm -- 18. 1834: the pendulum in balance -- 19. 1835: the musket moves offshore -- 20. 1836: the outbreak of the last major war -- 21. 1837: a year of positioning -- 22. 1838: a flickering of the flames -- 23. 1839: warfare flares again -- 24. 1840: a momentous year -- 25. 1841-45: war flames extinguished -- Appendix A. Firearms of the Musket Wars -- Appendix B. Logistics and tactics.

Also available in an electronic ed.

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