Home in the howling wilderness : settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand / Peter Holland.
Material type: TextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2013Description: viii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1869407393
- 9781869407391
- 630.9937 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 630.9937 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A511987B |
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.
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