A Savage Country

The untold story of New Zealand in the 1820s

Paul Moon

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Penguin Books (NZ)
26 April 2012

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

A Savage Country is the final instalment in Paul Moon's trilogy of popular histories on the decades surrounding the signing of the Treaty, and follows his bestselling book on cannibalism in New Zealand,This Horrid Practice.

New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this foreign land and its people.

In this groundbreaking history of early New Zealand, Paul Moon details how somany of the events in this decade - the introduction of aggressive capitalism, the arrival of literacy and the beginnings of Maori print culture, intertribal warfare, Hongi Hika and the British connection, colonisation as a simultaneously destructive and beneficial force - influenced the nation's evolution over the remainder of the century.

Moon leaves no stone unturned in his examination of this dynamic and fascinating pre-Treaty era. Surprising and engaging, A Savage Country does not merely recount events but takes us inside a changing country, giving a real sense of history as it happened.

'Paul Moon has produced an engrossing account of a singular, violent and confused decade in New Zealand's history.'

Paul Little, North & South

By: Paul Moon
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9780143567387
ISBN 10: 0143567381
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Paul Moon is Professor of History at the Faculty of Maori Development, Auckland University of Technology, where he has taught since 1993. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master of Philosophy degree, a Master of Arts degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London. Moon is widely recognised for his study of the Treaty of Waitangi. As well as his many books on the subject, he has produced major biographies of political and Maori figures, an examination of Maori cannibalism and a general history of New Zealand in the twentieth century.

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A Savage Country

The untold story of New Zealand in the 1820s

Paul Moon

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