01319nam a2200253Ia 4500 TVU_12341 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 195583817 eng 993 K201 Keith Sinclair The Oxford illustrated history of New Zealand Keith Sinclair Auckland ; New York Oxford University Press 1997 viii, 408 p. ill. 25 cm Bringing one thousand years to life, this is an illustrated history of New Zealand from the settlement by Polynesians to the present day. The book covers the period of colonization after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the wars between the Maori and the British Army of the 1860s, the beginning of party government in the 1990s, votes for women in 1993, fighting in South Africa and Europe, the Depression, the Maori drift to towns, the influx of Pacific Islanders, and the economic reforms since the fourth Labour Government. Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged expert in his or her field, and a new chapter by Dr Jack Vowles brings the book fully up to date New Zealand --History Keith Sinclair Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh