{"product_id":"9780143567387","title":"A Savage Country: The untold story of New Zealand in the 1820s","description":"Author: Moon, Paul\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143567387\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Apr 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Savage Country\u003c\/i\u003e is the final instalment in Paul Moon's trilogy of popular histories on the decades surrounding the signing of the Treaty, and follows his bestselling book on cannibalism in New Zealand,\u003ci\u003eThis Horrid Practice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this foreign land and its people.\u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking history of early New Zealand, Paul Moon details how somany of the events in this decade - the introduction of aggressive capitalism, the arrival of literacy and the beginnings of Maori print culture, intertribal warfare, Hongi Hika and the British connection, colonisation as a simultaneously destructive and beneficial force - influenced the nation's evolution over the remainder of the century.\u003cbr\u003e Moon leaves no stone unturned in his examination of this dynamic and fascinating pre-Treaty era. Surprising and engaging, \u003ci\u003eA Savage Country\u003c\/i\u003e does not merely recount events but takes us inside a changing country, giving a real sense of history as it happened.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Paul Moon has produced an engrossing account of a singular, violent and confused decade in New Zealand's history.'\u003cbr\u003e Paul Little, \u003ci\u003eNorth \u0026amp; South\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67451922841758,"sku":"UBD-9780143567387","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143567387.jpg?v=1790835690","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143567387","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}