Before Hobson
By: Tony Simpson
Publisher: B Blythswood Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780473312848
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; British; Colonization; Kōrero nehe; Taipūwhenuatanga
Description: "A timely publication which uses previously unpublished sources from the United States to explore what lies behind the Treaty of Waitangi by plunging us into the international world of the early nineteenth century: the British governments of the day, the trading and whaling economy of the South Pacific, prevalent contemporary world views, evangelical missionary activity and influence, and the links to the financial communities in London and Sydney. No-one, including the missionaries, comes away unscathed"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the wake of Cook; title: Many persons of bad or doubtful character; title: The perpetrators of most disgraceful acts; title: Mr Wakefield and Dr Marx; title: The glory of the Lord revealed; title: In the time of old mortality; title: A cargo of flax; title: An amusing and praiseworthy device.