Kuni jenkins (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Huia Publishers Wellington 2011 First Edition VG (illus card covers sl rubbed and worn, v sl fading on spine).

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of a scarce title.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Close to new copy. In early 1817 Tuai, a young Ngare Raumati chief from the Bay of Islands, set off for England. He was one of a number of M?ori who, after encountering European explorers, traders and missionaries in New Zealand, seized opportunities to travel beyond their familiar shores to Australia, England and Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They sought new knowledge, useful goods and technologies, and a mutually beneficial relationship with the people they knew as Pakeha.On his epic journey Tuai would visit exotic foreign ports, mix with teeming crowds in the huge metropolis of London, and witness the marvels of industrialisation at the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire. With his lively travelling companion T?tere, he would attend fashionable gatherings and sit for his portrait. He shared his deep understanding of Maori language and culture. And his missionary friends did their best to convert him to Christianity. But on returning to his Maori world in 1819, Tuai found there were difficult choices to be made. His plan to integrate new European knowledge and relationships into his Ngare Raumati community was to be challenged by the rapidly shifting politics of the Bay of Islands.With sympathy and insight, Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins uncover the remarkable story of one of the first Maori travellers to Europe.…

Zustand: New. This book traces M?ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M?ori and P?keh? based around the written word.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book traces M ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M ori and P keh based around the written word.

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Heavily faded at the spine. Text complete, clean and tight; Paperback; Measures 8¼" x 5¾" (0.6 kg); pp 280; First in this, paperback, edition. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #171239 ||.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 191 pages. slight corner wear to card covers-ink name.