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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10791489241380 |
| SKU: | A5/2609/U423 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1462 (6) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE STORY OF TE WAHAROA: A Chapter in Early New Zealand History together with Sketches of Ancient Maori Life and History
by John Alexander Wilson
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Whitcombe and Tombs 1907, 1st edition
Size (mm): 135 w x 200 h x 35 d
Pages: 255
SKU: A5/2609/U423
ABOUT
A seminal 19th-century work of New Zealand history.
Journalist, judge, and historian John Alexander Wilson (1829–1909), provides a unique primary account of early contact-era Aotearoa. It centers on the life, brilliant military strategies, and political diplomacy of Te Waharoa (c. 1776–1838), the formidable paramount chief (Rangatira) of the Ngāti Hauā iwi.
Part I: The Rise of Te Waharoa and Tribal Warfare.
Part II & III: The Missionary Era and Cultural Conflux.
Offers comprehensive ethnographic accounts of classic Māori society, including details on political frameworks, kinship structures, migration patterns, and daily life prior to large-scale European colonisation.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome plates/images.
CONDITION
Excellent with wear/marks on covers, marks on end papers, pages clean, covers starting to detach.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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