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The New Zealand Wars, 1820-72 / Ian Knight ; illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Men-at-arms series ; 487.Publisher: Oxford, Eng. : Osprey, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 48 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1780962770
  • 9781780962771
Other title:
  • New Zealand Wars, eighteen twenty-seventy two
  • New Zealand Wars, 1820 to 72
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.022 23
Contents:
Introduction -- Pre-colonial Maori society -- Musket Wars, c.1820-43 -- Flagstaff War, 1843-47 -- Wars for land, 1850s-70s -- Maori warrior -- British troops -- Colonial New Zealand troops.
Summary: The two major 19th century wars between the British settlers in New Zealand and the indigenous Maori were unique in several ways. The proud and warlike Maori had incorporated firearms into their traditional tactics before the conflicts began; they were not only masters of bush fighting, but also built sophisticated defensive forts. Many of them chose to side with the settlers from the start; and the final outcome, though inevitably bitter for many, did not lead to the extinction of either the people or their rich culture.--Cover.
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Includes index.

Introduction -- Pre-colonial Maori society -- Musket Wars, c.1820-43 -- Flagstaff War, 1843-47 -- Wars for land, 1850s-70s -- Maori warrior -- British troops -- Colonial New Zealand troops.

The two major 19th century wars between the British settlers in New Zealand and the indigenous Maori were unique in several ways. The proud and warlike Maori had incorporated firearms into their traditional tactics before the conflicts began; they were not only masters of bush fighting, but also built sophisticated defensive forts. Many of them chose to side with the settlers from the start; and the final outcome, though inevitably bitter for many, did not lead to the extinction of either the people or their rich culture.--Cover.

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