Frederick Edward Maning

Old New Zealand

A Tale of the Good Old Times by a Pakeha Maori

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1863, this vivid account documents the traditional Maori way of life that was vanishing due to European influences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781108039819
• ISBN-10: 1108039812
• Artikelnr.: 34571583

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introductory
2. The market price of a pakeha
3. A wrestling match
4. A little affair of 'flotsam and jetsam'
5. Every Englishman's house is his castle
6. How I kept house
7. Excitement caused by first contact with Europeans
8. The Muru falling into disuse
9. The Tapu Tohunga
10. The priest evokes a spirit
11. The local Tapu
12. The Tapa
13. 'My Rangatira'
14. Trading in the old times
15. Mana.