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The quest for origins : who first discovered and settled New Zealand and the Pacific islands? / K. R. Howe.

Title
The quest for origins : who first discovered and settled New Zealand and the Pacific islands? / K. R. Howe.
Author
Howe, K. R.
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2008.

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Subject
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Origin
  • Polynesians > Origin
  • Ethnology > Oceania
  • New Zealand > Discovery and exploration > Maori
  • Oceania > Historiography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Contexts of inquiry -- 2. Some 'mainstream' ideas: 1760s-1860s -- 3. Some 'Mainstream' Ideas: 1860s-1940s -- 4. Current ideas: when and where? -- 5. Current ideas: how? -- 6. Alternative ideas -- 7. 'New' Learning: or old learning? -- 8. Maori origins: creating New Zealand prehistory.
ISBN
  • 9780143008453 (pbk.)
  • 0143008455 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 190871498
  • SCSB-12497239
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library