Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880's to the Year 2000 - Hardcover

Belich, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082482542X ISBN 13: 9780824825423

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2002

Synopsis

Paradise Reforged picks up where Making Peoples left off, taking the story of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the end of the twentieth century. It begins with the search for "Better Britain" and ends by analyzing the modern Maori resurgence, the new Pakeha consciousness, and the implications of a reinterpreted past for New Zealand's future. Along the way the book deals with subjects ranging from sport and sex to childhood and popular culture.

Critics hailed Making Peoples as "brilliant" and "the most ambitious book yet written on [New Zealand's] past." Paradise Reforged, its successor, adopts a similarly incisive, original sweep across the New Zealand historical landscape in confronting the myths of the past. That some of its themes are uncomfortably close to the present makes the result all the more fascinating.

About this title

About the Author:

James Belich is Professor of History at the University of Auckland. A former Rhodes scholar and James Cook Fellow, he has held visiting positions at the Universities of Cambridge and Georgetown.

Review:

"A considerable literary as well as historiographical achievement, a work of the creative imagination that provides an epic narrative. It is a pleasure to read."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 082482542X
• ISBN 13: 9780824825423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 606