NEW ZEALAND (Spectrum S-608, Modern Nations in Historical Perspective Series)
by Cameron, William G.; (Robin W. Wines, Series Editor)
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- Paperback
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Spectrum/Prentice-Hall, 1965. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/rubs to all leading edges, faint creasing to upper left front and to all corner tips. When a visiting scholar to the US, William Cameron says many intelligent American friends asked him to explain "New Zealand and her people are like" and what his country was about, and he did. In writing this book Dr. Cameron keep the images of his probing friends in mind, and describes the finished manuscript as an "extended personal essay". The approach adds much livliness to the portrait of this unique Anglo-Polynesian land, burdened by British middle-class values yet benefiting from British conscience and humanity. 8 chapters with maps: 1, New Zealand, the Commonwealth, and the World; 2, Forces for Change; 3, The National Character; 4, Regionalism; 5, Maoritangs, The Way of the Maoris; 6, From Bonanza to Export Drive; 7, From Adversity to Diversity; and 8, The Omnipresent State. Reference & resource for studies in comparative history now the land is flushed with new waves of immigrants.
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- Title
- NEW ZEALAND (Spectrum S-608, Modern Nations in Historical Perspective Series)
- Author
- Cameron, William G.; (Robin W. Wines, Series Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Spectrum/Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- History/Social Sciences/Culture/Government/Ethnicity
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- Anthropology/Ethnology;
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