The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict

A history and investigation of the wars between Maori and Pakeha in the nineteenth century. The author proposes understandings of those events which challenge many of the received versions of standard history texts. First published in 1988. A television documentary series was based on this book. The author has previously published a general history of New Zealand, 'Making Peoples'.Belich, James is the author of 'The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict' with ISBN 9780196480558 and ISBN 0196480558.