Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000

by James Belich

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The sequel to the best-selling Making Peoples, which was a bestseller and award-winner in New Zealand. It picks up where Making Peoples ended - at the beginning of the 20th century. The volume presents an account of a country which in 100 years undergone massive changes as a flood of "Pakeha" (European) immigrants built on the land opportunities opened by the ferocious British-Maori wars of the 19th century. Torn between British and Maori identities, New Zealanders have successfully craeted a new nation but one in which the tensiosn and injustices of its founding are never far from the surface.
  • ISBN10 082482542X
  • ISBN13 9780824825423
  • Publish Date 28 February 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Hawaii Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 606
  • Language English