Table of Contents

Part 1 Moari and settler, 1642-1870: Australian colony; brave new world; the foundations of the state; the pioneers; the Maori king; white man's anger. Part 2 Colony into dominion, 1870-1914: the frontier of debt; state experiments; cow cockies and red feds; New Zealanders and Britons. Part 3 New Zealand, 1914-2000: insecurity; social security; the "Cold War" boom; relatively hard times; a modern revolution; epilogue - the search for national identity.

About the Author

Keith Sinclair was a professor of History at Auckland University, he also held fellowships at the Institute of Commonwealth studies, Cambridge University, and the Australian National University. He died in 1993.