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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562176024868 |
| SKU: | A5L/2605/0255/U328 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1447 (8) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Towns, Cities, Regions, Suburbs |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
PENINSULA & PLAIN: The History and Geography of Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains
by A.V. Barley
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1966, revised 1955
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 10 d
Pages: 121
SKU: A5L/2605/0255/U328
ABOUT
An account of how Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains were shaped—geologically, geographically, and through waves of human settlement.
Barley traces volcanic origins, river built lowlands, and the contrasting environments that influenced where people lived, farmed, and built communities. The narrative moves from Māori occupation to European exploration, pastoral expansion, and the development of Christchurch as a regional centre. Barley emphasizes how landscape dictated economic patterns and cultural life, creating a study that blends physical geography with local history to show how terrain and people continually shaped one another.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images, illustrations, maps.
CONDITION
Tidy reading copy with light wear on dust jacket and page edges, covers detached, stamped, pages clean.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
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