Environmental Histories of New Zealand

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Author:

Pawson, Eric
Brooking, Tom

ISBN:

978-0-19-558421-9

Publication Date:

Jul 2002

Publisher:

Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $59.95

Book Description:

Environmental Histories of New Zealand presents an interdisciplinary account of one of the most rapid and extensive transformations of nature in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonisation of New Zealand's temperate islands.

Book Details

Pages:	304
Detailed Subjects:	Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy Social Science / Human Geography History / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	17.1 x 24.6 x 1.9 cm
Book Weight:	0.62 Kilograms

Author Biography

Pawson, Eric (Author)

Tom Brooking specializes in New Zealand and comparative rural and environmental history. New Zealand political history and the historical links between New Zealand and Scotland. This research has focused upon environmental transformation and the role of colonising peoples in that process, especially farming and its economic and environmental impacts.

He has published seven books by himself and co-authored two others. His three most recent books are Making a New Land Environmental Histories of New Zealand, Unpacking the Kists:The Scots in New Zealand and Richard Seddon: King of God's Own which made the New Zealand Best Seller List in 2015. This last title also won the 2015 Ernest Scott Prize.

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