TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holland,Peter
TI  - Home in the howling wilderness: settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand 
SN  - 1869407393
U1  - 630.9937 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Auckland University Press
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - South Island
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Colonists
KW  - South Island (N.Z.)
KW  - Environmental conditions
N1  - 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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