Edited by Frances Steel
Bridget Williams Books | RRP $59.99
print, $20.00 ebook
New Zealand’s history
has been dominated by the presence of the ocean. Until very recently, everyone
who came to New Zealand did so after long weeks at sea. Even today, most people
live near the coast. The sea provides employment, transport and leisure; it is
at the forefront of our imaginations, and days at the beach are, for many,
synonymous with summer and childhood.
Yet when we think about
history, we readily imagine it from the land. Our stories of the past take
place in towns and cities, across farmlands, in the mountains and the bush.
When the sea appears at all, it is a temporary barrier, an interruption to pass
over quickly.
New Zealand and the Sea marks a significant new direction in historical thinking about this country.
It explores New Zealand’s relationship with the sea across many facets of life, from early origins until the present day, and challenges the conventional belief that history unfolds on land.
This volume brings together leading and emerging scholars to highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fresh and fascinating perspectives on New Zealand’s past to open up our thinking about our places and nation.
About
the Editor: Frances Steel, a New Zealander, teaches at the University of
Wollongong. Her research connects histories of empire, mobility and the sea in
the Pacific World. She is the author of Oceania
under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870–1914
(Manchester University Press, 2011), and with Julia Martinez, Claire Lowrie and
Victoria Haskins, Colonialism and Male
Domestic Service across the Asia Pacific (Bloomsbury, 2018).
New
Zealand and the Sea marks a significant new direction in
historical thinking about this country.
It explores New
Zealand’s relationship with the sea across many facets of life, from early
origins until the present day, and challenges the conventional belief that
history unfolds on land.
This
volume brings together leading and emerging scholars to highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred
history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fresh and fascinating
perspectives on New Zealand’s past to open up our thinking about our places and
nation.
About
the Editor: Frances Steel, a New Zealander, teaches at the University of
Wollongong. Her research connects histories of empire, mobility and the sea in
the Pacific World. She is the author of Oceania
under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870–1914
(Manchester University Press, 2011), and with Julia Martinez, Claire Lowrie and
Victoria Haskins, Colonialism and Male
Domestic Service across the Asia Pacific (Bloomsbury, 2018).
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