Making a New Land: Enviromental Histories of New Zealand - Softcover

Making a New Land presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonization of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is the second edition of Environmental Histories of New Zealand, first published in 2002, and the book is brimming with new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation, along with the new landscapes and places that it produced. Unusual among environmental histories, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of change, focusing on international as well as local contexts. The book's 19 chapters (six new chapters along with others having been revised) are organized in five broadly chronological parts: Encounters, Colonizing, Wild Places, Modernizing, and Contemporary Perspectives. These are framed by an editorial introduction and a reflective epilogue. The book is an invaluable reference and is well illustrated with photographs, maps, cartoons, and other graphics.

Eric Pawson is a professor of geography at the University of Canterbury. He is the author or coauthor of three books, coeditor of five more, and of many book chapters and articles in refereed journals.Tom Brooking is a professor of history at the University of Otago where he has taught for 34 years. He is the author of six monographs, two edited collections and one coauthored book, in addition to numerous essays, articles, and reviews.