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A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific: The Formation of IdentitiesISBN: 978-0-631-21873-9
Paperback
544 pages
November 2000, ©2000, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book provides an arresting interpretation of the history of
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific from the earliest
settlements to the present. Usually viewed in isolation, these
societies are covered here in a single account, in which the
authors show how the peoples of the region constructed their own
identities and influenced those of their neighbours.
By broadening the focus to the regional level, this volume
develops analyses - of economic, social and political history -
which transcend
national boundaries. The result is a compelling work which both
describes the aspirations of European settlers and reveals how the
dispossessed and marginalized indigenous peoples negotiated their
own lives as best they could. The authors demonstrate that these
stories are not separate but rather strands of a single
history.