Old New Zealand - A Tale of the Good Old Times By a Pakeha Maori

Klappentext Published in 1863, this vivid account documents the traditional Maori way of life that was vanishing due to European influences. Zusammenfassung This lively eye-witness description of the then fast-disappearing traditional Maori way of life was published in 1863 by the Anglo-Irish trader Frederick Edward Maning (c.1811–83). Informal, opinionated and fast-moving, Maning's narrative ranks as a classic source on the early period of European settlement in New Zealand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. The market price of a pakeha; 3. A wrestling match; 4. A little affair of 'flotsam and jetsam'; 5. Every Englishman's house is his castle; 6. How I kept house; 7. Excitement caused by first contact with Europeans; 8. The Muru falling into disuse; 9. The Tapu Tohunga; 10. The priest evokes a spirit; 11. The local Tapu; 12. The Tapa; 13. 'My Rangatira'; 14. Trading in the old times; 15. Mana.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Edward Maning, Maning Frederick Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108039819
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03981-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa