{"product_id":"9780143008422","title":"Best of Both Worlds: The Story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau","description":"Author: Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143008422\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1895 a meeting took place in the rugged Urewera ranges - Tuhoe country - that would have lasting effects on our views of traditional Maori society.\u003cbr\u003e Elsdon Best, a self-taught anthropologist and quartermaster on the road past Lake Waikaremoana, was sought out by a leading Tuhoe chief, Tutakangahau of Maungapohatu.\u003cbr\u003e The stories he gave to Best to be recorded for future generations are with us today. Best went on to become a noted Pakeha authority on a people he would style as the last of 'the oldtime Maori'.\u003cbr\u003e How much did the old man tell him? Was it freely given? Can Best's writings - so pervasive today in our understanding of Maori culture - be truly relied upon?\u003cbr\u003e In his unique examination of this historically significant relationship, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman poses such searching questions, further informing a vital national debate on the shared identity - and destiny - of Maori and Pakeha.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'This is our history at its best.'\u003cbr\u003e --Matthew Wright, \u003ci\u003eSunday Star-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67451885453470,"sku":"UBD-9780143008422","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143008422.jpg?v=1790834864","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143008422","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}